Prevalence of abnormal ankle brachial index in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-590

  Rachapalli, Satish M ^a,b   Kiely, Patrick D ^a   Bourke, Brian E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle Brachial Index; Atherosclerosis; Primary Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMOKING;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64449088098     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1099-x     Document Type: Article

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