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The role of inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk on microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and it has been postulated that RA disease-related inflammation contributes to endothelial dysfunction. The aim of the present work was to examine predictors (RA-related and CVD risk factor...

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Autores principales: Sandoo, Aamer, Kitas, George D, Carroll, Douglas, Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet JCS
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/PMC3446498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22594788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3847