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Comment
. 2012;9(9):e1001311.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001311. Epub 2012 Sep 18.

Statins and venous thrombosis: a story too good to be true?

Frits R Rosendaal  1
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Statins and venous thrombosis: a story too good to be true?

Frits R Rosendaal. PLoS Med. 2012.

Abstract

Frits Rosendaal comments on new findings from a meta-analysis conducted by Kazem Rahimi and colleagues, evaluating whether statins can prevent venous thromboembolism.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author reports no competing interests in relation to statins. The author is named on several patents for prothrombotic gene variants (such as Factor V Leiden) but does not benefit personally from royalties on these.

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