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Clinical and epidemiologic aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Special emphasis on
cardiovascular outcome and risk factors
Bergström, Ulf
2011
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Bergström, U. (2011). Clinical and epidemiologic aspects of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Special emphasis on
cardiovascular outcome and risk factors. [Doctoral Thesis (compilation), Internal Medicine - Epidemiology]. Unit
of Rheumatology, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Malmö.
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ISSN 1652-8220
ISBN 978-91-86671-90-7
Department of Clinical Sciences
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Lund University, Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series 2011:42 01 Section of Rheumatology
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Printed by: Wallin & Dalholm Lund University
Lund 2011 Malmö, Sweden

Clinical and epidemiologic aspects
of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Special emphasis on cardiovascular outcome and risk factors
Ulf Bergström
Avdelningen för Reumatologi,
Institutionen för Kliniska Vetenskaper, Malmö
Lunds Universitet
Akademisk avhandling
som med vederbörligt tillstånd av Medicinska Fakulteten vid Lunds
Universitet för avläggande av doktorsexamen i medicinsk vetenskap
kommer att offentligen försvaras i Medicinska klinikens aula, Ingång 35,
Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Malmö, Torsdagen den 19 Maj 2011 klockan 09.00.
Fakultetsopponent:
Nicola Goodson, MD, PhD Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology,
University of Liverpool.
Handledare:
Carl Turesson, docent, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,
Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Malmö.
Biträdande handledare:
Lennart Jacobsson, professor, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,
Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Malmö.

Clinical and epidemiologic aspects
of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Special emphasis on cardiovascular outcome and risk factors
Ulf Bergström
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Unit of Rheumatology,
Lund University, Sweden.
Thesis Spring 2011
Correspondence and reprint requests to:
Dr Ulf Bergström
Department of Rheumatology
Skåne University Hospital
S-205 02 Malmö
Sweden
Ph: 46 40 336442
FAX: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
Cover page photo of painting ”Two Sisters (On the Terrace)”
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
ISSN 1652-8220
ISBN 978-91-86671-90-7
Lund University, Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series 2010:126
Printed in Sweden by Wallin & Dalholm, Lund 2011
Layout by Viola Toth Sörensson, Malmö 2011
Dedicated to my beloved and most missing Parents Berit and Greger.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful.
Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening,
ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never
get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging,
only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Sir Winston Churchill