Elevation of C-reactive protein in "active" coronary artery disease

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 168-172

  Berk, Bradford C ^a,b   Weintraub, William S ^a,b   Alexander, R Wayne ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025177196     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(90)90079-G     Document Type: Article

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