Herpes zoster is associated with prior statin use: a population-based case-control study.

Herpes zoster is associated with prior statin use: a population-based case-control study.

This study investigated the association between statin use and herpes zoster (HZ) occurrence in a population-based case-control study.Study subjects were retrieved from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. This study included 47,359 cases with HZ and 142,077 controls. We performed...

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Main Authors: Shiu-Dong Chung, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Shih-Ping Liu, Herng-Ching Lin, Jiunn-Horng Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4208841?pdf=render

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