e0323 Analysis of adverse effects from statins-based multi-drug medication
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Adverse effects of statins.
In October last year we published an article by John Abramson and colleagues that questioned the evidence behind new proposals to extend the routine use of statins to people at low risk of cardiovascular disease. Abramson and colleagues set out to reanalyse data from the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration. Their contention was that the benefits of statins in low risk people we...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.208967.323