C-reactive protein levels and arterial abnormalities in the offspring of patients with premature myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Magadle, Rasmi ^a,d   Merlon, H ^a   Weiner, P ^c   Mohammedi, I ^b   Robert, D ^b  

^a ICU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Carotid artery intima media thickness; Familial history; Myocardial fraction; Offspring

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTIMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141676366     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072384     Document Type: Article

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