Increased Prevalence of Severe Subclinical Atherosclerotic Findings in Long-Term Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Without Clinically Evident Atherosclerotic Disease

Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 407-413

  Gonzalez Juanatey, Carlos ^a   Llorca, Javier ^c   Testa, Ana ^a   Revuelta, Javier ^b   Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^a   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DICLOFENAC; GOLD; INDOMETACIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0344413646     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000101572.76273.60     Document Type: Article

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