QT dispersion in rheumatoid arthritis patients with and without Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-228

  Pirildar, T ^a   Sekuri C ^a   Utuk O ^a   Kemal Tezcan, U ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

QT dispersion; Rheumatoid arthritis; Secondary Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0141962634     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0707-4     Document Type: Article

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