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Prospective study of IL-18 and risk of MI and stroke in men and women aged 60–79 years: A nested case-control study

AIM: IL-18 is hypothesized to destabilise atherosclerotic plaques, leading to thrombotic events and epidemiologic studies suggest that IL-18 may increase risk of CHD or CVD. We examined prospective associations between levels of serum IL-18 and new CHD and stroke events in older men and women from a...

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Autores principales: Jefferis, Barbara J., Whincup, Peter H., Welsh, Paul, Wannamethee, S. Goya, Rumley, Ann, Ebrahim, Shah, Lawlor, Debbie A., Lowe, Gordon D.O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23207179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2012.10.010