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Does High C-reactive Protein Concentration Increase Atherosclerosis? The Whitehall II Study
BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, is associated with risk of coronary events and sub-clinical measures of atherosclerosis. Evidence in support of this link being causal would include an association robust to adjustments for confounders (multivariable standard r...
Autores principales: | Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Kumari, Meena, Donald, Ann, Britton, Annie, Casas, Juan P., Shah, Tina, Brunner, Eric, Timpson, Nicholas J., Halcox, Julian P. J., Miller, Michelle A., Humphries, Steve E., Deanfield, John, Marmot, Michael G., Hingorani, Aroon D. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2507732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003013 |
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