Outcomes from intracerebral hemorrhage among patients pre-treated with statins;Prognóstico da hemorragia intracerebral em pacientes previamente tratados com estatinas

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-454

  Romero, Flávio Ramalho ^a,b,c   de Freitas Bertolini, Eduardo ^a   Veloso, Vanessa Nogueira ^a   Venturini, Leandro ^a   Figueiredo, Eberval G ^c  

^a HOSPITAL IPIRANGA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Sao Luiz   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVOR;

EID: 79960587946     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000400008     Document Type: Article

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