Association between carotid atherosclerosis and markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1833-1840

  Del Rincón, Inmaculada ^a   Williams, Ken ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a   Freeman, Gregory L ^a   O'Leary, Daniel H ^b   Escalantel, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0038005022     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11078     Document Type: Article

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