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CHAPTER 6
CHANGE IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AFTER INITIATION OF ANTI-RHEUMATIC TREATMENT IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Samina A. Turk1
Maaike Heslinga1
Jos Twisk2
Véronique van der Lugt1 Willem F. Lems1,3
Dirkjan van Schaardenburg1,4 Michael T. Nurmohamed1,3
1 Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center| Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center| VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4 Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center| Academic Medical Center, Amster- dam, Netherlands
A shorter version of this chapter was accepted for publication as Letter in Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology