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Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US Cohort (LUMINA). XXX: association between C-reactive protein (CRP) gene polymorphisms and vascular events

2005; Oxford University Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/rheumatology/keh613

1462-0332

Alexander J. Szalai, Graciela S. Alarcón, Jaime Calvo‐Alén, S Toloza, Mark A. McCrory, Jeffrey C. Edberg, Gerald McGwin, Holly M. Bastian, Barri J. Fessler, Luis M. Vilá, Robert P. Kimberly, John D. Reveille,

Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Objectives. To determine if a polymorphic GTn repeat in the intron of the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene associates with occurrence of vascular arterial events in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).