Statins to reduce risk of depression [1] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1132-1133

  Wirleitner, Barbara ^a   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^a   Young Xu, Yinong ^b   Liao, James K ^c   Chan, K Arnold ^c   Ravid, Shmuel ^c   Blatt, Charles M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Lown Cardiovascular Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 1542603379     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.12.029     Document Type: Letter

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