Statin use and the risk of incident dementia: the Cardiovascular Health Study.

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Published in Arch Neurol on July 01, 2005

Authors

Thomas D Rea1, John C Breitner, Bruce M Psaty, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Oscar L Lopez, Anne B Newman, William R Hazzard, Peter P Zandi, Gregory L Burke, Constantine G Lyketsos, Charles Bernick, Lewis H Kuller

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98101, USA. rea123@u.washington.edu

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