Ankylosing spondylitis: A risk factor for myocardial infarction?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-581

  Peters, M J L ^a   Visman, I ^b   Nielen, M M J ^c   Van Dillen, N ^b   Verheij, R A ^c   Van Der Horst Bruinsma, I E ^a   Dijkmans, B A C ^a,b   Nurmohamed, M T ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 77949477250     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.110593     Document Type: Article

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