Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associates with excessive cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, attributed to both traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors. The metabolic syndrome, a cluster of classical cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, obesity, glucose intoler...

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Main Authors: Toms, Tracey E, Panoulas, Vasileios F, Douglas, Karen MJ, Griffiths, Helen R, Kitas, George D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656250/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19091101
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2578
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