Association of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 724-725

  Gerli, Roberto ^a   Bocci, E Bartoloni ^a   Sherer, Y ^b   Vaudo, G ^a   Moscatelli, S ^a   Shoenfeld, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CITRULLINE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 42449136119     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.073718     Document Type: Letter

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