Marked underdiagnosis and undertreatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in rheumatoid arthritis
- 23 March 2016
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 55 (7) , 1210-1216
Abstract
Objective. To investigate the prevalence of underdiagnosis and undertreatment of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in RA patients.Keywords
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