LTA 252G allele containing haplotype block is associated with high serum C-reactive protein levels

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-94

  Suzuki, Gen ^a   Izumi, Shizue ^a   Hakoda, Masayuki ^a   Takahashi, Norio ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genetics; Inflammation; Interleukins; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREMIA;

ALLELES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4043050974     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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