C-reactive protein gene polymorphisms affect plasma CRP and homocysteine concentrations in subjects with and without angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 775-780

  Pašalić, Daria ^a   Marinković, Natalija ^a   Gršković, Branka ^a   Ferenčak, Goran ^a,b   Bernat, Robert ^c   Stavljenić Rukavina, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Department of Cardiology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CRP; Genetic polymorphism; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 61549131243     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9244-1     Document Type: Article

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