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Drug Safety
Published in: Drug Safety 2/2008

01-02-2008 | Correspondence

The Author’s Reply

Author: I. Ralph Edwards

Published in: Drug Safety | Issue 2/2008

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We were interested to see this letter from Goldstein and colleagues proposing a possible mechanism by which statins may perpetuate neurodegenerative disorder. As they say, however, a proposed mechanism does not resolve the clinical matter. …
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Metadata
Title
The Author’s Reply
Author
I. Ralph Edwards
Publication date
01-02-2008
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drug Safety / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0114-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1942
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200831020-00008

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