Effect of traditional cardiovascular risk factors on the independent relationship of leptin with atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand; dessein@telkomsa.net.
² Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand;
³ Department of Rheumatology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Patrick H Dessein et al. J Rheumatol. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;41(10):2087-9.

doi: 10.3899/jrheum.140315.

¹ Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand; dessein@telkomsa.net.
² Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand;
³ Department of Rheumatology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Comment in

Evaluation of leptin with atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.
Agilli M, Aydin FN, Kurt YG, Cayci T. Agilli M, et al. J Rheumatol. 2015 Apr;42(4):727. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141395. J Rheumatol. 2015. PMID: 25834241 No abstract available.
Dr. Dessein, et al reply.
Dessein PH, Tsang L, Woodiwiss AG, Solomon A. Dessein PH, et al. J Rheumatol. 2015 Apr;42(4):727-8. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141536. J Rheumatol. 2015. PMID: 25834242 No abstract available.