Under-prescribing of Prevention Drugs and Primary Prevention of Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack in UK General Practice: A Retrospective Analysis

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability; worldwide it is estimated that 16.9 million people have a first stroke each year. Lipid-lowering, anticoagulant, and antihypertensive drugs can prevent strokes, but may be underused. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We analysed anonymised electroni...

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Autores principales: Turner, Grace M., Calvert, Melanie, Feltham, Max G., Ryan, Ronan, Fitzmaurice, David, Cheng, K. K., Marshall, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002169

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002169

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