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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Main Author: Ärlestig, Lisbeth
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Reumatologi 2012
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52956
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