Premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1384-1396

  Westerweel, Peter E ^a   Luyten, Remco K M A C ^a   Koomans, Hein A ^a   Derksen, Ronald H W M ^a   Verhaar, Marianne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248585897     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22568     Document Type: Review

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