Blood Sedimentation

Calprotectin as a marker of inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVES: Calprotectin is an inflammatory marker of interest in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated whether the level of …
Maria Karolina Jonsson, Nina Paulshus Sundlisæter, Hilde Haugedal Nordal, Hilde Berner Hammer, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Karl Albert Brokstad, Désirée van der Heijde, Tore K. Kvien, Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang, Siri Lillegraven, Espen A. Haavardsholm
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Calcium supplementation and inflammation increase mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: A 15-year cohort study in 609 patients from the Oslo Rheumatoid Arthritis Register
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether osteoporosis or use of calcium supplementations predict all-cause mortality, or death from CVD, in a …
Sella A. Provan, Inge C. Olsen, Cathrine Austad, Glenn Haugeberg, Tore K. Kvien, Till Uhlig
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CRP and ASDAS are associated with future elevated arterial stiffness, a risk marker of cardiovascular disease, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: results after 5-year follow-up
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with elevated arterial stiffness in a 5-year follow-up of patients with ankylosing …
Inger Jorid Berg, Anne Grete Semb, Désirée van der Heijde, Tore K. Kvien, Inge C. Olsen, Hanne Dagfinrud, Sella A. Provan
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Associations between APOE genotypes and disease susceptibility, joint damage and lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lipid levels. In rheumatoid arthritis …
Marthe T. Maehlen, Sella A. Provan, Diederik P. C. de Rooy, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil, Annemarie Krabben, Tore Saxne, Elisabet Lindqvist, Anne Grete Semb, Till Uhlig, Désirée van der Heijde, Inger Lise Mero, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Benedicte A. Lie
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