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C-reactive protein levels and arterial abnormalities in the offspring of patients with premature myocardial infarction.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2003
Magadle R, Merlon H, Weiner P, Mohammedi I, Robert D
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AIMS: To determine whether high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid arteries are coexistent in adolescents and young adults with a family history (FH) of premature myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: 50 healthy young subjects whose parents had had premature MI and 50 control matched subjects were enrolled in the study. CRP levels and the intima-media...
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