Effect of statin use on outcome of symptomatic cholelithiasis: a case-control study

BACKGROUND: Statins can modify bile cholesterol and, thus, the formation of gallstones. We examined whether statin use also modifies the severity of symptomatic gallstone disease and its treatment. METHODS: A total of 1,140 consecutive patients with symptomatic gallstone disease were recruited durin...

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Autores principales: Pulkkinen, Jukka, Eskelinen, Matti, Kiviniemi, Vesa, Kotilainen, Tuukka, Pöyhönen, Markus, Kilpeläinen, Lasse, Käkelä, Pirjo, Kastarinen, Helena, Paajanen, Hannu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24993977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-14-119

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24993977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-14-119

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