Statins after transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 810-812

  Hankey, Graeme J ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750584288     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70559-2     Document Type: Letter

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