Periarticular and generalised bone loss in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Influence of alendronate and intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment. Post hoc analyses from the CIMESTRA trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1123-1129

  Jensen, T W ^a   Hansen, M S ^b,c   Horslev Petersen K ^d   Hyldstrup, L ^a   Abrahamsen, B ^b   Langdahl, B ^e   Zerahn, B ^f   Podenphant J ^b   Stengaard Petersen, K ^e   Junker, P ^g   Ostergaard M ^h,i   Lottenburger, T ^d   Ellingsen, T ^e   Andersen, L S ^b   Hansen, I ^e   Skjodt H ^h   Pedersen, J K ^d   Lauridsen, U B ^h   Svendsen, A J ^g   Tarp, U ^e   Lindegaard, H ^g   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^e   Vestergaard, Aage ^f   Hetland, M L ^h,i   more..

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ReumaKlinik Roskilde   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h Department of Rheumatology Odense University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREFOOT; HAND; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED SHARP VAN DER HEIJDE SCORE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WRIST; X RAY BONE DENSITOMETER;

DXA; DXR; INTRA-ARTICULAR GLUCOCORTICOID; ALENDRONATE; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; EARLY RA; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALENDRONATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETAMETHASONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BONE RESORPTION; CYCLOSPORINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899987636     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203171     Document Type: Article

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