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Inflammation, carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) reflects early atherosclerosis and predicts cardiovascular events in the general population. An increased cIMT is present in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, compared with control individuals, from the early stages of the disease and is thought to indicate ac...

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Autores principales: Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet JCS, Kitas, George D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2345