Kidney Function, Endothelial Activation and Atherosclerosis in Black and White Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Patrick H. Dessein; Hon-Chun Hsu; Linda Tsang; Aletta M. E. Millen; Angela J. Woodiwiss; Gavin R. Norton; Ahmed Solomon; Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121693

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Kidney Function, Endothelial Activation and Atherosclerosis in Black and White Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Patrick H. Dessein ,

* E-mail: dessein@telkomsa.net

¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hon-Chun Hsu,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Linda Tsang,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Aletta M. E. Millen,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Angela J. Woodiwiss,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gavin R. Norton,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Ahmed Solomon,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay

¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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Kidney Function, Endothelial Activation and Atherosclerosis in Black and White Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Patrick H. Dessein,
Hon-Chun Hsu,
Linda Tsang,
Aletta M. E. Millen,
Angela J. Woodiwiss,
Gavin R. Norton,
Ahmed Solomon,
Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay

Published: March 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121693

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