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Impact of Chronic Inflammation, Assessed by hs-CRP, on the Association between Red Cell Distribution Width and Arterial Cardiovascular Disease: The Tromsø Study

Red cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of variability in size of circulating erythrocytes, is associated with arterial cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the impact of chronic inflammation as measured by high-sensitivity C-reacti...

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Autores principales: Lappegård, Jostein, Ellingsen, Trygve S., Hindberg, Kristian, Mathiesen, Ellisiv B., Njølstad, Inger, Wilsgaard, Tom, Løchen, Maja-Lisa, Brækkan, Sigrid K., Hansen, John-Bjarne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1651523