Statin use is associated with reduced mortality after respiratory viral infection

Juan Antonio Franco-Peláez, Laura Esteban-Lucia, María de los Ángeles Zambrano Chacón, Ana María Pello-Lázaro, Ana María Venegas Rodriguez, Luis Nieto Roca, Camila Sofia García-Talavera, Andrea Kallmeyer Mayor, Felipe Villar Alvarez, Ricardo Fernandez Roblas, Oscar Gonzalez-Lorenzo, José Tuñón, Borja Ibañez, Alvaro Aceña

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00365-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00365-2020
Journal Issue: January

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