Interpreting studies of cardiovascular mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: The importance of timing

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1687-1689

  Ward, Michael M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b MSC 1828 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; TIME;

EID: 57149106770     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24170     Document Type: Editorial

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