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Statin use in patients undergoing carotid artery endarterectomy: still much to be uncovered

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This work was supported by The Open Project of Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education (XN201814).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China

    Feng Zheng, Liansheng Zou & Shaochun Yang

  2. Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, China

    Feng Zheng

  3. Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China

    Ming Liu, Liping Ye, Mengran Xiao & Ziliang Zhang

  4. Department of Neurology, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China

    Xiangping Liao

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Zheng, F., Liu, M., Ye, L. et al. Statin use in patients undergoing carotid artery endarterectomy: still much to be uncovered. Acta Neurochir 161, 413–414 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03802-x

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