Genetic studies in rheumatoid arthritis : familial studies and analysis of relationships to atherothrombotic comorbidity
Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease mainly affecting the joints but has also extra articular manifestations and an increased cardiovascular (CV) co-morbidity. Rheumatoid factor (RF) and antibodies against citrullinated proteins/peptides (ACPA) are diagnostically important...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
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Umeå universitet, Reumatologi
2012
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52956 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-383-9 |