Assessment of cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using the SCORE risk index
ABSTRACT Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes systemic involvement and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Objective: To analyze the prediction index of 10-year risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease event in female RA patients versus con...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042016000200138&lng=en&tlng=en |