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SUBMITTER: Chia PY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249290 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chia Po Ying PY Htun Htet Lin HL Ling Wei Ping WP Leo Yee Sin YS Yeo Tsin Wen TW Lye David Chien Boon DCB
Scientific reports 20181121 1
Multiple in vitro and mice model studies suggest statins may attenuate dengue severity. However, little is known about statin use and dengue severity in adult dengue patients with hyperlipidemia. We conducted a retrospective cohort study from 2004-2008 and 2012-2013 in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore on adult dengue patients with hyperlipidemia, comparing those with and without statin usage at hospitalization in terms of primary outcome of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or shock syndrome (DSS) ...[more]