The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease: meta-analysis of individual data from 27...

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Year: 2012
Type: review
Volume: 380
Issue: 9841
Pages: 581-590
Citations: 2749
Access: Closed

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                                    Borislava Mihaylova, 
                                
                                    Jonathan Emberson, 
                                
                                    Lisa Blackwell
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease: meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 380
                            (9841)
                            , 581-590.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60367-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60367-5