Are adipocytokines associated with radiographic joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis?
Concentrations of adipocytokines are increased in patients with RA and may modulate radiographic joint damage. Visfatin is associated with increased, and leptin with reduced, levels of radiographic joint damage.
Pediatric cardiac surgery operations are either performed too infrequently or have mortality rates that are too low to allow valid hospital quality comparisons to be based on mortality.