Retinal vascular calibre is altered in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A biomarker of disease activity and cardiovascular risk?

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 939-943

  van Doornum, Sharon ^a,b   Strickl, Gemma ^b   Kawasaki, Ryo ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   Wicks, Ian P ^a,b,c   Hodgson, Lauren A B ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; Inflammation; Ocular photography; Retinal vascular calibre; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASODILATATION; VENULE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENULES;

EID: 79955158087     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq428     Document Type: Article

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