Knee deformity in rheumatoid arthritis is closely correlated with generalized osteoporosis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Kikkawa, Takahide ^a   Okano, Toru ^a   Hagino, Hiroshi ^b   Otsuki, Ryoji ^a   Katagiri, Hiroshi ^a   Teshima, Ryota ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee deformity; Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; TIBIA;

EID: 39149145833     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-007-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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