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Title:

C-reactive protein and coronary heart disease: all said--is not it?

Document type:
Journal Article; Review
Author(s):
Strang, Frederik; Schunkert, Heribert
Abstract:
C-reactive protein (CRP) and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been the subject of intensive investigations over the last decades. Epidemiological studies have shown an association between moderately elevated CRP levels and incident CHD whereas genetic studies have shown that polymorphisms associated with elevated CRP levels do not increase the risk of ischemic vascular disease, suggesting that CRP might be a bystander rather than a causal factor in the progress of atherosclerosis. Beside all th...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Mediators Inflamm
Year:
2014
Journal volume:
2014
Pages contribution:
757123
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1155/2014/757123
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808639
Print-ISSN:
0962-9351
TUM Institution:
Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter (Prof. Schunkert)
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