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Fibrinogen and CRP in Israeli families: genetic and environmental sources of concentrations and longitudinal changes.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2006
Friedlander Yechiel, Kark Jeremy D, Sinnreich Ronit, Tracy Russell P, Siscovick David S
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the genetic and environmental determinants of plasma fibrinogen and C-reactive protein (CRP). METHODS AND RESULTS: A complex segregation analysis was undertaken in a sample of 142 kindreds residing in Kibbutz settlements in Israel. In addition, included in this analysis were family members who were examined 10 years earlier in the framework of this study. Analysis indicated a major locus in...
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