Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk Through the Lens of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Affiliations

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Katherine P Liao et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;71(9):1393-1395.

doi: 10.1002/art.40891. Epub 2019 Jul 22.

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Kitas GD, Nightingale P, Armitage J, Sattar N, Belch JJF, Symmons DPM; TRACE RA Consortium. Kitas GD, et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;71(9):1437-1449. doi: 10.1002/art.40892. Epub 2019 Jul 22. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019. PMID: 30983166 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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