Towards improving cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The need for accurate risk assessment

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 719-721

  Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   Gabriel, Sherine E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953309050     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.145482     Document Type: Review

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