Statins for acute ischemic stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Squizzato, Alessandro ^a   Romualdi, Erica ^a   Dentali, Francesco ^a   Ageno, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIVER ENZYME; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER FAILURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 70349124666     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007551     Document Type: Review

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