The increased cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: When does it start?

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nurmohamed, Michael T ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INTIMA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 77957173035     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3126     Document Type: Editorial

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