'Statins' linked to improved survival in kidney transplant recipients
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 02:14
in Health & Medicine
For patients receiving kidney transplants, treatment with cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs may lead to longer survival, reports a study in the November 2008 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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