C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Heart Disease: All Said—Is Not It?

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 associate...

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Main Authors: Frederik Strang, Heribert Schunkert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/757123