Determinants of carotid subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A case-control study;Determinantes de la arteriosclerosis subclínica carotídea en pacientes con artritis reumatoide. Estudio de casos y controles

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 210-212

  García Díaz, Juan De Dios ^a   López De Guzmán, Alberto ^a   Díez Pérez De La Vacas, María Isabel ^a   Quintana, Eduardo Cuende ^a   Sánchez Atrio, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotid ultrasonography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 42049090393     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13116171     Document Type: Article

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