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Vascular endothelial growth factor A and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2011
Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, García-Bermúdez M, González-Juanatey C, Vazquez-Rodriguez T R, Miranda-Filloy J A, Fernández-Gutierrez B, Llorca J, Martín J, González-Gay M A
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To determine the contribution of the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) rs2010963 (-634 G>C) and rs1570360 (-1154 G>A) polymorphisms to the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in a series of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Six hundred sixty-one patients fulfilling the 1987 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for RA, seen at the rheumatology outpatient clinics of the...
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