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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN LUPUS WOMEN

$3,034M01FY2000RRNIH

University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

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Abstract

Cardiovascular event rates in women with lupus represent a 5 to 10 fold increase as compared to population-based studies of normal women. The pathogenesis for premature atherosclerosis in women with lupus is likely multifactorial. The first aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of clinical and sub-clinical atherosclerosis in women with lupus. The second aim is to determine the association between atherosclerosis and markers of inflammation in women with lupus.

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