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C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Disease. Is There a Causal Link?

John Danesh FRCP, FFPH^* and Mark B. Pepys FRS, FMedSci

From the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (J.D.); and Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, Division of Medicine, University College London, London (M.B.P.), England.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hannah.sneath{at}phpc.cam.ac.uk.

Key words: Editorials • coronary disease • epidemiology • heart diseases • myocardial infarction • risk factors

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