Increased prevalence of carotid artery atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis is artery-specific

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 730-739

  Kobayashi, Hitomi ^a   Giles, Jon T ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^b,c   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Leffell, Mary S ^a   Szklo, Moyses ^a   Petri, Michelle ^a   Gelber, Allan C ^a   Post, Wendy ^a   Bathon, Joan M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid disease; Epidemiology; Inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77950678081     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090670     Document Type: Article

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