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Association study of CRP gene polymorphisms with serum CRP level and cardiovascular risk in the NHLBI Family Heart Study.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Dec 2006
Wang Qingwei, Hunt Steven C, Xu Qin, Chen Yuqing E, Province Michael A, Eckfeldt John H, Pankow James S, Song Qing
Abstract excerpt
Recent epidemiological studies have indicated that baseline C-reactive protein (CRP) levels may have value in prediction of cardiovascular risk. Using six tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from our complete list of SNPs on the CRP gene, we investigated the association of CRP genotypes with plasma CRP levels and cardiovascular risk in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Family...
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