Statin Treatment in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Matthias Endres1, Christian H Nolte2, Jan F Scheitz2

  • 1From the Klinik für Neurologie mit Experimenteller Neurologie and Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (M.E., C.H.N., J.F.S.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Berlin Site, Germany (M.E., C.H.N., J.F.S.); DZNE (German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease), Berlin Site, Germany (M.E.); and Berlin Institute of Health, Germany (M.E., C.H.N.). matthias.endres@charite.de.

Stroke
|December 2, 2017
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