## Abstract ## Objective To determine the relationship between glucocorticoid exposure and cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## Methods A total of 603 adult residents of Rochester, Minnesota with incident RA between 1955 and 1995 were followed up through thei
Cardiovascular death in rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based study
β Scribed by Hilal Maradit-Kremers; Paulo J. Nicola; Cynthia S. Crowson; Karla V. Ballman; Sherine E. Gabriel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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