Pretreatment with statins improves early outcome in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke: a pleiotropic effect of statins or a beneficial effect of hypercholesterolemia?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Data from different studies suggest a favourable association between pretreatment with statins or hypercholesterolemia and outcome after ischaemic stroke. We examined whether there were differences in in-hospital mortality according...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Neurology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/10/47 |