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Coronary Artery Calcification and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Lack of Relationship to Risk Alleles for Coronary Artery Disease in the General Population.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Mar 2017
Ferraz-Amaro Iván, Winchester Robert, Gregersen Peter K, Reynolds Richard J, Wasko Mary Chester, Oeser Anette, Chung Cecilia P, Stein C Michael, Giles Jon T, Bathon Joan M
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OBJECTIVE: Coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general population is characterized by an increased frequency of particular susceptibility single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Because the frequency of CAD is increased among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we sought to determine whether the frequency of these SNPs is increased in RA patients with CAD, hypothesizing that RA could enhance CAD risk by...
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