Accelerated atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 561-563

  Shepshelovich, Daniel ^a   Sherer, Yaniv ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25444470792     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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