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Fol. Biol. 2006, 52, 181-183

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2006052060181

Simvastatin Could Prevent Increase of the Serum MMP-9/TIMP-1 Ratio in Acute Ischaemic Stroke

Jacek Kurzepa1, A. Szczepanska-Szerej2, M. Stryjecka-Zimmer1, T. Malecka-Massalska3, Z. Stelmasiak2

1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
2Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
3Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Received August 2006
Accepted November 2006

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