Matthias Hoke et al.
European journal of clinical investigation, 42(9), 921-926 (2012-03-29)
Humoral mediators of inflammation, in particular the complement system, have been described to play an important role in atherogenesis. Previously, we found a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the complement 5 gene (C5 rs17611, A>G) independently associated with stroke. Up to