Assessment of atherosclerosis by carotid intimomedial thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 56, Issue AUG, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Mahajan, V ^a   Handa, R ^a   Kumar, U ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Gulati, G ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Lakshmy, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTIMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 49249110614     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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