What is the clinical relevance of erosions and joint space narrowing in RA?

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-120

  Lillegraven, Siri ^a   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^b   Uhlig, Till ^a   Kvien, Tore K ^a   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB;

DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INJURY; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; JOINTS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84856624930     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.202     Document Type: Review

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