Bone Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Influence of disease activity, duration of the disease, functional capacity, and corticosteroid treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Hansen, M ^a   Florescu, A ^b   Stoltenberg, M ^a   Podenphant J ^a   Pedersen Zbinden, B ^a   Horslev Petersen K ^a   Hyldstrup, L ^a   Lorenzen, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Corticosteroids; Disease activity; Functional capacity; Grip strength; Juxtaarticular osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNA;

EID: 0030457817     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009749609065648     Document Type: Article

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