Statins after ischemic stroke of undetermined etiology in young adults

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-430

  Putaala, Jukka ^a   Haapaniemi, Elena ^a,b   Kaste, Markku ^a   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Emil Aaltonen Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVASCULARIZATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80051487941     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318227b1c2     Document Type: Article

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