Statin Therapy in Stroke Prevention: A Meta-analysis Involving 121,000 Patients
- 31 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 121 (1) , 24-33
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.06.033
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