Using hand bone mass measurements to assess progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Hoff, Mari ^a   Haugeberg, Glenn ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise   (Norway)

Author keywords

erosions; osteoporosis; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993782374     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X10362297     Document Type: Review

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