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Establishing the correlation between statins and cough: case series report and analysis of adverse drug reactions in the international databases

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Italian Medicines Agency, AIFA, by the Centre of Pharmacovigilance of Regione Lombardia (ViGer project, Vigilanza in Geriatria, to EC) and by the Italian Ministry of Health (RC 2014 to EC).

The authors thank all members of the study team who participated in this study. The decision to submit the manuscript for publication was made by the authors. All of the authors had full access to all study data; were responsible for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis; and reviewed, edited and approved the manuscript for publication.

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  1. Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Università di Milano, 20157, Milan, Italy

    Carla Carnovale, Paolo Pellegrino, Valentina Perrone, Marta Gentili, Tatiana Brusadelli, Stefania Antoniazzi & Sonia Radice

  2. IRCCS Foundation Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Stefania Antoniazzi

  3. Pharmaceutical Service, Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Mantova, 46100, Mantua, Italy

    Alessia Speziali & Cecilia Borsadoli

  4. Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, 23842, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy

    Marco Pozzi & Emilio Clementi

  5. Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neuroscience, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Via GB Grassi, 74-20157, Milan, Italy

    Emilio Clementi

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Carnovale, C., Pellegrino, P., Perrone, V. et al. Establishing the correlation between statins and cough: case series report and analysis of adverse drug reactions in the international databases. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 70, 1529–1531 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-014-1757-z

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