Statins in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review

Background and Purpose Statins have pleiotropic effects of potential neuroprotection. However, because of lack of large randomized clinical trials, current guidelines do not provide specific recommendations on statin initiation in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The current study aims to systematically...

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Main Authors: Keun-Sik Hong, Ji Sung Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
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Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-17-3-282.pdf