CRP--marker or maker of cardiovascular disease?

Editorial

Jan Nilsson. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 Aug.

. 2005 Aug;25(8):1527-8.

doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000174796.81443.3f.

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Role of C-reactive protein in atherogenesis: can the apolipoprotein E knockout mouse provide the answer?
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No effect of C-reactive protein on early atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein E*3-leiden/human C-reactive protein transgenic mice.
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