Low grade inflammation and coronary heart disease: prospective study and updated meta-analyses
BMJPublished 22 July 2000Open access
John Danesh
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Findings suggest that some inflammatory processes, unrelated to the chronic infections studied here, are likely to be involved in coronary heart disease.
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In the context of results from other relevant studies these findings suggest that some inflammatory processes, unrelated to the chronic infections studied here, are likely to be involved in coronary heart disease.
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