Repair of joint erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: Prevalence and patient characteristics in a large inception cohort

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-729

  Van Der Linden, Michael P M ^a   Boja, Ramona ^a   Klarenbeek, Naomi B ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a   Van Der Heijde, Désirée M ^a   Van Der Helm Van Mil, Annette H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BONE REGENERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950328087     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.108332     Document Type: Article

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