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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha -1031 T/C polymorphism is associated with smaller and more proatherogenic low density lipoprotein particles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 2008
Vallvé Joan-Carles, Paredes Silvia, Girona Josefa, Uliaque Katia, Ribalta Josep, Hurt-Camejo Eva, Masana Lluís
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OBJECTIVE: To study, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the association between the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha -1031 T/C polymorphism and quantitative and qualitative low density lipoprotein (LDL) characteristics. METHODS: From a sample of 100 patients with RA and 100 controls, we...
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