C-Reactive Protein, a Sensitive Marker of Inflammation, Predicts Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Initially Healthy Middle-Aged Men
- 19 January 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 99 (2), 237-242
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.99.2.237
Abstract
Background—Inflammatory reactions in coronary plaques play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute atherothrombotic events; inflammation elsewhere is also associated with both atherogenesis ...Keywords
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