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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...
Autores principales: | Turner, Grace M., Calvert, Melanie, Feltham, Max G., Ryan, Ronan, Fitzmaurice, David, Cheng, K. K., Marshall, Tom |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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