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Rising statin use and effect on ischemic stroke outcome

BACKGROUND: Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) have neuroprotective effects in experimental stroke models and are commonly prescribed in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to determine if patients taking statins before hospital admission for stroke had an...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Sung Sug, Dambrosia, James, Chalela, Julio, Ezzeddine, Mustapha, Warach, Steven, Haymore, Joseph, Davis, Lisa, Baird, Alison E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC395844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15035663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-2-4