Favorable Outcome of Ischemic Stroke in Patients Pretreated with Statins
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 35 (5) , 1117-1121
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000125863.93921.3f
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Statins may be beneficial for patients with acute ischemic stroke. We tested the hypothesis that patients pretreated with statins at the onset of stroke have less severe neu...Keywords
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