Prestroke Statins, Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognitive Decline in Stroke Pat...
Prestroke Statins, Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognitive Decline in Stroke Patients with Confluent White Matter Hyperintensities
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Boston: Springer US
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English
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Cerebral white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are a consequence of cerebral small vessel disease. Statins have been shown to reduce recurrent stroke among patients with various stroke subtypes, including lacunar stroke, which also arises from small vessel disease. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that prestroke statin use would reduce t...
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Prestroke Statins, Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognitive Decline in Stroke Patients with Confluent White Matter Hyperintensities
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4121460
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4121460
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1933-7213,1878-7479
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1878-7479
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10.1007/s13311-014-0270-5
