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Contribution of clinical correlates and 13 C-reactive protein gene polymorphisms to interindividual variability in serum C-reactive protein level.
Circulation - 21 Mar 2006
Kathiresan Sekar, Larson Martin G, Vasan Ramachandran S, Guo Chao-Yu, Gona Philimon, Keaney John F, Wilson Peter W F, Newton-Cheh Christopher, Musone Stacy L, Camargo Amy L, Drake Jared A, Levy Daniel, O'Donnell Christopher J, Hirschhorn Joel N, Benjamin Emelia J
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BACKGROUND: Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level is a heritable complex trait that predicts incident cardiovascular disease. We investigated the clinical and genetic sources of interindividual variability in serum CRP. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied serum CRP in 3301 Framingham Heart Study (FHS)...
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