Subclinical atherosclerosis in young patients with rheumatoid arthritis and low disease activity;Aterosclerosi subclinica in giovani pazienti con artrite reumatoide e bassa attività di malattia

Reumatismo

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Bocci, E Bartoloni ^a   Marchesi, S ^b   Delle Monache, F ^a   Vaudo, G ^b   Giordano, A ^a   Alunni, F Ragni ^a   Angrisani, C ^a   Mannarino, E ^b   Shoenfeld, Y ^c   Gerli, Roberto ^a,d  

^a Ctro Stud Malat Reumatiche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Initima media thickness; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20144389114     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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