TREATMENT OF ELEVATED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS

摘要

There is provided a method of diagnosing mammalian patients at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and providing prophylaxis or treatment of patients so diagnosed, which comprises measuring serum CRP levels in patients, selecting patients exhibiting elevated CRP levels, and administering to such patients an aliquot of autologous blood which has been treated ex vivo with at least one stressor selected from the group consisting of an oxidizing agent, an electromagnetic emission and elevated temperature.