Subclinical femoral atheromatosis in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparable prevalence to diabetes mellitus in a case-control study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1534-1536

  Protogerou, Athanase ^a   Zampeli, Evangelia ^a   Tentolouris, Nikos ^a   Makrilakis, Kostas ^a   Kitas, George ^b,c   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROMATOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84864866219     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201278     Document Type: Article

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