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Statins as secondary preventives in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

Signild ÅsbergBahman FarahmandKarin M HenrikssonPeter Appelros
Published in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2018)
This study provides some reassurance that statins may be safe to use, in at least some patients, after an intracerebral hemorrhage. In patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, statin use was associated with a reduced risk of death, without an increased risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage.
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