Pharmacoepidemiologic studies of statins in rheumatoid arthritis

Introduction: This thesis comprises four studies aimed at improving current understanding of statin use in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a patient population with established CVD risk. There is need for a better understanding of the cardioprotective role of statins in RA through dual lipid-lowering an...

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Main Author: De Vera, Mary Abigail
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28886