Chronic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction: Analysis of a cohort of patients with SLE and UCTD;Flogosi cronica e disfunzione endoteliale: Analisi di una coorte di pazienti affetti da LES e UCTD

Reumatismo

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Tani, C ^a   Mosca, M ^a   D'Ascanio, A ^a   Versari, D ^a   Virdis, A ^a   Ghiadoni, L ^a   Taddei, S ^a   Salvetti, A ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Premature atherosclerosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNDIFFERENTIATED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748988197     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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