Clopidogrel “resistance” and statin cotreatment – significant for cardiocoronary prevention in real life?

Karsten Schrör; Artur-Aron Weber; Thomas Hohlfeld

doi:10.1160/TH05-07-0468

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Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(02): 235-237
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-07-0468

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Clopidogrel “resistance” and statin cotreatment – significant for cardiocoronary prevention in real life?

Karsten Schrör

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Artur-Aron Weber

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Thomas Hohlfeld

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

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