Simvastatin reduces vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: results of a pilot randomized clinical trial.

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Published in Stroke on July 28, 2005

Authors

John R Lynch1, Haichen Wang, Matthew J McGirt, James Floyd, Allan H Friedman, Alexander L Coon, Robert Blessing, Michael J Alexander, Carmelo Graffagnino, David S Warner, Daniel T Laskowitz

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. lynch004@mc.duke.edu

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