High prevalence of vertebral deformities in elderly patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1512-1513

  Ursum, J ^a   Britsemmer, K ^b   Van Schaardenburg, D ^a,b   Lips, P T A ^b   Dijkmans, B A C ^a,b   Lems, W ^a,b  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 69949181521     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.105957     Document Type: Letter

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