Inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis

M.A. Gonzalez-Gay¹, C. Gonzalez-Juanatey², J. Martin³

1Division of Rheumatology and 2Cardiology, Hospital Xeral-Calde, Lugo; 3Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.

Key words

Rheumatoid arthritis, endothelial dysfunction, flow-mediated endothelial dependent vasodilatation, TNF-α, IL-6.

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Rheumatology Division, Hospital Xeral-Calde, c) Dr. Ochoa s/n, 27004 Lugo, Spain.

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Clin Exp Rheumatol 2006; 24: 115-117

© CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2006.