Article
The 11q23.3 genomic region-rs964184-is associated with cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Nov 2013
López-Mejías R, Genre F, García-Bermúdez M, Castañeda S, González-Juanatey C, Llorca J, Corrales A, Miranda-Filloy J A, Rueda-Gotor J, Gómez-Vaquero C, Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, Fernández-Gutiérrez B, Balsa A, Pascual-Salcedo D, López-Longo F J, Carreira P, Blanco R, González-Álvaro I, Martín J, González-Gay M A
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease associated with high risk of cardiovascular (CV) events. Recently, the rs964184 polymorphism has been associated with coronary artery disease in nonrheumatic Caucasian individuals. 2160 Spanish RA patients were genotyped for the rs964184 polymorphism. Sex, age at diagnosis and traditional CV risk factors (diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and smoking habit) were...
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