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Jeremy Chataway1, Nadine Schuerer2, Ali Alsanousi3

  • 1National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, University College London, London, UK; UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; Imperial College, London, UK.

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高用量シムバスタチンは,二次進行性多発性硬化症患者の脳縮を有意に減少させた. この研究では,シムバスタチンは,この状態に対する安全でよく耐える治療法であることが判明しました.

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