Do carotid artery diameters manifest early evidence of atherosclerosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Schott, Laura L ^a   Kao, Amy H ^b   Cunningham, Amy ^b   Wildman, Rachel P ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Wasko, Mary Chester M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149400743     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0797     Document Type: Article

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