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The Association of HLA-class I Genes and the Extent of Atherosclerotic Plaques in Patients with Psoriatic Disease.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2016
Eder Lihi, Abji Fatima, Rosen Cheryl F, Chandran Vinod, Cook Richard J, Gladman Dafna D
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between HLA susceptibility and disease severity markers and the extent of atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic disease. METHODS: White patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis without PsA (PsC) were recruited. An ultrasound of the carotid arteries was performed and the size of each atherosclerotic plaque was measured. The resulting score, the total...
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