Monocyte cytokine production, systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease in very elderly men and women: The Framingham Heart Study

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-215

  Haider, Agha W ^a,b,c   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^d   Wilson, Peter W F ^a,b   Levy, Daniel ^a,b   D'Agostino, Ralph ^a,b   Silbershatz, Halit ^a,b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,e  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3042728572     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000124212.21584.3c     Document Type: Article

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