Existing joint erosions increase the risk of joint space narrowing independently of clinical synovitis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Landewé, Robert ^a,e   Smolen, Josef S ^b   Florentinus, Stefan ^c   Chen, Su ^c   Guérette, Benoît ^c   van der Heijde, Désirée ^d  

^a Academic Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84930212800     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0626-1     Document Type: Article

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