Investigation of C reactive protein gene polymorphisms as predictors of cardiovascular mortality in inflammatory polyarthritis: Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1429-1430

  Ibrahim, Ibrahim ^a   Plant, Darren ^a,b   Lunt, Mark ^a   Verstappen, Suzanne ^a   Flynn, Edward ^a   Symmons, Deborah ^a,b   Barton, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYARTHRITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84880133030     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202920     Document Type: Letter

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