Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease: The chicken and the egg?

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-554

  Crowson, Cynthia S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649458008     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02296.x     Document Type: Note

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