Inspirational calcification: How rheumatology research directs investigation in vascular biology

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-49

  McCarthy, Geraldine M ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Osteoarthritis; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RHEUMATOLOGY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 58149239980     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32831e9ca3     Document Type: Editorial

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