Osteoprotegerin CGA haplotype protection against cerebrovascular complications in anti-CCP negative patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease with high incidence of cardiovascular disease due to accelerated atherosclerosis. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) has been associated with increased risk of atherosclerotic disease in the general population. Several polymorphisms in the OPG gene with functional...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Genre, Raquel López-Mejías, Mercedes García-Bermúdez, Santos Castañeda, Carlos González-Juanatey, Javier Llorca, Alfonso Corrales, Begoña Ubilla, José A Miranda-Filloy, Trinitario Pina, Carmen Gómez-Vaquero, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez, Alejandro Balsa, Dora Pascual-Salcedo, Francisco J López-Longo, Patricia Carreira, Ricardo Blanco, Isidoro González-Álvaro, Javier Martín, Miguel A González-Gay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4153690?pdf=render