Immunohistochemical Localization of Modified C-Reactive Protein Antigen in Normal Vascular Tissue
The American Journal of the Medical SciencesPublished 1 February 2000
Edward E. Diehl, G. Kenneth Haines, James A. Radosevich, Lawrence A. Potempa
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Abstract
This report describes the localization of a stable form of CRP, mCRP, in blood vessels associated with normal human tissues.
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