How to predict subclinical atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 821-823

  Zardi, Enrico M ^a   Afeltra, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955159815     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq283     Document Type: Editorial

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