Genetic influence on inflammation variables in the elderly

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2168-2173

  De Maat, Moniek P M ^a,b,c   Bladbjerg, Else Marie ^a,b   Von Bornemann Hjelmborg, Jacob ^a   Bathum, Lise ^d   Jespersen, Jørgen ^a,b   Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Erasmus University Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Heritability; Inflammation; Twins

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 8344275841     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000143856.01669.e7     Document Type: Article

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