Simvastatin-induced cognitive dysfunction: two case reports

BACKGROUND: Simvastatin is commonly prescribed for hypercholesterolemia to reduce vascular risk in patients. Some of these patients have dementia with cognitive defects of several domains. Although protective effects seem to be present, there is emerging evidence that statins cause cognitive impairm...

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Autores principales: Suraweera, Chathurie, de Silva, Varuni, Hanwella, Raveen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27048383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0877-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27048383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0877-8

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