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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 703-704
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease may share similar risk factors

P. H. Dessein1,2,, A. E. Stanwix2 and Z. Moomal3

1 Milpark Hospital and
2 Department of Rheumatology, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and
3 National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa

SIR, We read with interest the article by D. Symmons and B. Harrison on risk factors for the development of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [1]. These authors have recently made several contributions to the search for associations between genetic as well as environmental factors and the development of RA and IP. They conclude by stating that elucidation is needed of the mechanisms by which some of the risk factors that have been identified may mediate the development of IP [1. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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D. Symmons and B. Harrison1

ARC Epidemiology Research Unit and 1North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK


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