Concentration in plasma of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 and risk of cardiovascular events in women: A nested case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9324, 2002, Pages 2159-2163

  Brown, David A ^a   Breit, Samuel N ^a   Buring, Julie ^b   Fairlie, W Douglas ^a   Bauskin, Asne R ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE INHIBITORY CYTOKINE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 0037157611     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09093-1     Document Type: Article

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