Cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of cholesterylester transfer protein

Aim To detect serum level of cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP) (the enzyme involved in reverse cholesterol transport) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate its relation to various clinical parameters of the disease, lipid profile, and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)...

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Main Authors: Taghreed F Mohammed Mostafa, Ali M Mursi, Sherry K Abdelrahman, Emad M Elshebiny, Sahar H Quashwa, Lobna Y Ebrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research
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Online Access:http://www.jmsr.eg.net/article.asp?issn=2537-091X;year=2019;volume=2;issue=4;spage=250;epage=256;aulast=Mohammed