Association of the -757T>C polymorphism in the CRP gene with circulating C-reactive protein levels and carotid atherosclerosis

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-462

  Ben Assayag, Einor ^a   Shenhar Tsarfaty, Shani ^a   Bova, Irena ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a   Usher, Sali ^a   Peretz, Hava ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Bornstein, Natan M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Intima media thickness; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALLELES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 69249222813     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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