Stable bone mineral density in lumbar spine and hip in contrast to bone loss in the hands during long-term treatment with infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-390

  Eekman, Danielle A ^a   Vis, Marijn ^a   Bultink, Irene E M ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a,b   Lems, Willem F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISONE;

BONE DENSITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; X RAY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78751694016     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.127787     Document Type: Letter

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