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Polymorphism of genes related to cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Arlestig L, Wållberg Jonsson S, Stegmayr B, Rantapää-Dahlqvist S
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze candidate genes, related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general, and potentially involved in the inflammatory process, in RA patients from northern Sweden. METHODS: Four hundred and sixty-seven individuals (345 females; 122 males) with RA (ACR criteria), having a mean age of 61.8 +/- 13.0 years and mean disease duration of 16.2 +/- 12.1 years, were consecutively recruited and followed-up...
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