Intima-media thickness of common carotid as cardiovascular risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis and metabolic disorders

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-508

  Coaccioli, Stefano ^a,b,c   Capito G ^b   Valentini, M ^b   Pinoca, F ^b   Landucci, P ^b   Fatati, G ^b   Puxeddu, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Santa Maria General Hospital   (Italy)

^c S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes mellitus; Intima media thickness; Metabolic disorders; Obesity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 37849037476     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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