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Statins in Acute Brain Injury: Getting the Cart Before the Horse

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  1. Department of Medicine (Neurology), Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Daniel T. Laskowitz

  2. Duke University Medical Center, Box 2900, Durham, NC, 27719, USA

    Daniel T. Laskowitz

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Daniel T. Laskowitz & David S. Warner

  4. Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Daniel T. Laskowitz & David S. Warner

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Laskowitz, D.T., Warner, D.S. Statins in Acute Brain Injury: Getting the Cart Before the Horse. Neurocrit Care 8, 3–5 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-007-9040-0

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