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Association between circulating immune complexes, complement C4 null alleles, and myocardial infarction before age 45 years.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 May 1995
Lefvert A K, Hamsten A, Holm G
Abstract excerpt
One hundred patients who had survived a myocardial infarction before the age of 45 years and 90 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals were investigated for circulating immune complexes (CICs) and the presence of complement C4 null alleles (C4Q0). CICs were found in increased concentrations in 20% of patients and 6.7% of control subjects. Patients and control subjects had the same prevalence of C4Q0. CICs were...
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