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Diagnostic performance of plasma high sensitive C-reactive protein in detecting three-vessel coronary artery disease: modification by apolipoprotein E genotype.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2008
Mennander Ari, Kuukasjärvi Pekka, Laurikka Jari, Nikus Kjell, Karhunen Pekka J, Tarkka Matti, Lehtimäki Terho
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OBJECTIVES: Plasma high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) concentration is an important clinical test of systemic inflammation and, like apoE epsilon4 allele, an important risk factor of coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated whether the diagnostic performance of plasma hsCRP in detect...
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