Healing phenomena of erosive changes in rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 162-168

  Rau, Rolf ^a,b   Herborn, Gertraud ^a  

^a Evangelisches Fach krankenhaus Ratingen   (Germany)

^b Rheumaklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AUROTHIOMALATE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMATITIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE REGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030049322     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390123     Document Type: Article

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