Protein Z plasma levels are not associated with the risk of coronary heart disease: The PRIME study [2]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2050-2051

  Morange, P E ^b   Juhan Vague, I ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMA PROTEIN; VITAMIN K DEPENDENT CARBOXYLASE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 13244287716     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00981.x     Document Type: Letter

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