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The effect of simvastatin on inflammatory cytokines in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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  • Diego Viasus Biotechnology and Clinical Research Groups, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, ColombiaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carolina Garcia-Vidal Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonella F Simonetti Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jordi Dorca Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ferran Llopis Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mariona Mestre Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Francisco Morandeira-Rego Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jordi Carratalà Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge—IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Diego Viasus; dviasus{at}uninorte.edu.co
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Viasus D, Garcia-Vidal C, Simonetti AF, et al
The effect of simvastatin on inflammatory cytokines in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
BMJ Open 2015;5:e006251. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006251

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  • Received July 30, 2014
  • Revised November 11, 2014
  • Accepted December 3, 2014
  • First published January 6, 2015.
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October 26, 2017
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