Subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by utilizing carotid intima-media thickness as a surrogate marker

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 140, Issue September, 2014, Pages 379-386

  Mohan, Alladi ^a   Sada, Sujay ^a   Siddhartha Kumar, B ^a   Sarma, K V S ^a   Vijayalakshmi Devi, B ^a   Srinivasa Rao, P V L N ^a   Rajasekhar, D ^a   Katyarmal, D T ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; India; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908213140     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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