Increased arterial stiffness and indication of endothelial dysfunction in long-standing rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Wallberg Jonsson S ^a   Caidahl, K ^b   Klintland, N ^c   Nyberg, G ^c   Rantapaa Dahlqvist S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HAPTOGLOBIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; L SELECTIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TONOMETRY; VASODILATATION;

AGE OF ONSET; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PULSE; RADIAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TERBUTALINE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 38149008070     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740701633238     Document Type: Article

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