Statin: New life for an old drug

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-2

  Bifulco, Maurizio ^a   Endo, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Biopharm Research Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MYOPATHY; NEUROPROTECTION; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; DRUG REPOSITIONING;

DRUG REPOSITIONING; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84906790576     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2014.06.005     Document Type: Editorial

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