Endothelial Progenitor Cells, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cytokine Levels and Atherosclerosis – Results from a Large Population-Based Study

• Qingzhong Xiao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qingzhong Xiao, Stefan Kiechl

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Stefan Kiechl ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qingzhong Xiao, Stefan Kiechl

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Seema Patel,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Friedrich Oberhollenzer,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy

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• Siegfried Weger,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Agnes Mayr,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy

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• Bernhard Metzler,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Markus Reindl,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Yanhua Hu,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Johann Willeit,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Qingbo Xu

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: qingbo.xu@kcl.ac.uk

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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