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Serum C-reactive protein level but not its gene polymorphism is associated with Takayasu arteritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Mar 2016
Cheng Yanmei, Dang Aimin, Lv Naqiang, Gao Qian, Chen Bingwei, Liu Guozhang
Abstract excerpt
Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients with active disease often have elevated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, which usually decline with the disease remission. The serum CRP concentration has been showed to be related to CRP gene polymorphisms in previous studies. The present study aims to investigate the associations of serum level of CRP and CRP polymorphisms with TA. A total of 178 unrelated Chinese Han TA...
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