Cardiovascular risk and inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Affiliations

¹ Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Review

Awal Alhusain et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2013 Aug.

. 2013 Aug;13(4):395-7.

doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-4-395.

¹ Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis; cardiovascular disease; inflammation; risk management; systemic lupus erythematosus.

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