Effect of prior treatment with different statins on stroke severity and functional outcome at discharge in patients with acute ischemic stroke

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Giampatzis, Vasilios ^a   Bouziana, Stella D ^a   Spanou, Marianna ^a   Pavlidis, Athinodoros ^a   Papadopoulou, Maria ^a   Boutari, Chrysoula ^a   Magkou, Dimitra ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884325977     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12116     Document Type: Letter

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