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Editorial

To switch (statins) or not to switch? That is the question

Vasilios G Athyros Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Konstantinos Tziomalos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Asterios Karagiannis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Dimitri P Mikhailidis University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), Royal Free Hospital Campus, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK +44 20 7830 2258; +44 20 7830 2235; [email protected]
Pages 2943-2946 | Published online: 19 Oct 2010

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