Inflammation underlying cardiovascular mortality is a late consequence of evolutionary programming
Open Access
- 14 April 2004
- journal article
- fj express-summary
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (9) , 1022-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-1162fje
Abstract
With the increase in life expectancy, death from cardiovascular disease has risen greatly. There is increasing evidence that inflammation plays an important role in cardiovascular disease. We postula...Keywords
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