Does pretreatment with statins improve clinical outcome after stroke? A pilot case-referent study

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1112-1115

  Jonsson, Niklas ^a   Asplund, Kjell ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Neuroprotection; Statins; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034844847     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.5.1112     Document Type: Article

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