The Additive Value of Femoral Ultrasound for Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessment in a Single Center Cohort of 962 Adults, Including High Risk Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Athanasios D. Protogerou; Jaap Fransen; Evangelia Zampeli; Antonis A. Argyris; Evagelia Aissopou; Aikaterini Arida; George D. Konstantonis; Nikos Tentolouris; Konstantinos Makrilakis; Mina Psichogiou; George Daikos; George D. Kitas; Petros P. Sfikakis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132307

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The Additive Value of Femoral Ultrasound for Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessment in a Single Center Cohort of 962 Adults, Including High Risk Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Athanasios D. Protogerou ,

* E-mail: aprotog@med.uoa.gr

Affiliations First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Jaap Fransen,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Evangelia Zampeli,

Affiliations First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Antonis A. Argyris,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Evagelia Aissopou,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Aikaterini Arida,

Affiliations First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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George D. Konstantonis,

Affiliations First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Nikos Tentolouris,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Konstantinos Makrilakis,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Mina Psichogiou,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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George Daikos,

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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George D. Kitas,

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Petros P. Sfikakis

Affiliations First Department of Propaedeutic & Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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The Additive Value of Femoral Ultrasound for Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessment in a Single Center Cohort of 962 Adults, Including High Risk Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Athanasios D. Protogerou,
Jaap Fransen,
Evangelia Zampeli,
Antonis A. Argyris,
Evagelia Aissopou,
Aikaterini Arida,
George D. Konstantonis,
Nikos Tentolouris,
Konstantinos Makrilakis,
Mina Psichogiou

Published: July 31, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132307

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