Carotid atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A preliminary case-control study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 966, Issue , 2002, Pages 478-482

  Rodriguez, G ^a   Sulli, A ^a   Cutolo, M ^a   Vitali, P ^a   Nobili, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Intima media thickness; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0036303406     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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