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Predictors of new atherosclerotic carotid plaque development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality attributed to both classical risk factors and chronic inflammation. We assessed longitudinally the factors associated with new carotid plaques in nondiabetic RA patients and apparently healthy...

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Autores principales: Zampeli, Evangelia, Protogerou, Athanase, Stamatelopoulos, Kimon, Fragiadaki, Kalliopi, Katsiari, Christina G, Kyrkou, Katerina, Papamichael, Christos M, Mavrikakis, Myron, Nightingale, Peter, Kitas, George D, Sfikakis, Petros P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22390577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3757