Long-term interleukin-6 levels and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease: two new prospective studies and a systematic review.

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Published in PLoS Med on April 08, 2008

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John Danesh1, Stephen Kaptoge, Andrea G Mann, Nadeem Sarwar, Angela Wood, Sara B Angleman, Frances Wensley, Julian P T Higgins, Lucy Lennon, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Ann Rumley, Peter H Whincup, Gordon D O Lowe, Vilmundur Gudnason

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1: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. john.danesh@phpc.cam.ac.uk

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