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Infectious diseases
Mediation effect of herpes zoster derived by statin use on cardiovascular disease risk
Sung-Han Kim, Sung-Cheol Yun, Young-Ho Khang, Min-Chul Kim, Sun Uck Kwon, Gyung-Min Park, Young-Rak Cho, Kwang Min Lee, Moo Hyun Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(5):1220-1228. Published online June 19, 2020
Background/Aims: Although statins are widely used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) including stroke and myocardial infarction (MI), it is reported that statin use increases the incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) that is associated with increased risk of CVD. So, we evaluated the media..
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