Association between +1059G/C CRP polymorphism and acute myocardial infarction in a cohort of patients from sicily: A pilot study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 276-281

  Balistreri, Carmela Rita ^a   Vasto, Sonya ^a   Listì, Florinda ^a   Grimaldi, Maria Paola ^a   Lio, Domenico ^a   Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Caruso, Marco ^a   Caimi, Gregorio ^a   Hoffmann, Enrico ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a,b   Candore, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Gruppo di Studio sull'Immunosenescenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; CRP; Immunogenetics; Inflammation; SNP

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33744485566     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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