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International Journal of Rheumatology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 714321, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/714321
Review Article
Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Received 10 January 2012; Revised 14 February 2012; Accepted 21 February 2012
Academic Editor: George D. Kitas
Copyright © 2012 Tracy Y. Zhu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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