Circulating endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in SLE in the absence of coronary artery calcification

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 997-1002

  Baker, Joshua F ^a   Zhang, Lifeng ^b   Imadojemu, Sotonye ^a   Sharpe, Alexis ^a   Patil, Sarita ^a   Moore, Jonni S ^b   Mohler III, Emile R ^b   Von Feldt, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcification; Endothelial progenitor cells; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84863519965     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1730-9     Document Type: Article

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