The quest for the "holy Grail" of ischemic stroke cytoprotection: Statins may not be the answer

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2058-2059

  Goldstein, Larry B ^a   Suarez, Jose I ^b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

CELL PROTECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 73349118772     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c6785c     Document Type: Editorial

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