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Establishment of age- and sex-adjusted reference data for hand bone mass and investigation of hand bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated in clinical practice: an observational study from the DANBIO registry and the Copenhagen Osteoarthritis Study

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by progressive joint destruction and loss of periarticular bone mass. Hand bone loss (HBL) has therefore been proposed as an outcome measure for treatment efficacy. A definition of increased HBL adjusted for age- and sex-related bone loss is lacking....

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Autores principales: Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll, Østergaard, Mikkel, Jensen, Trine, Hyldstrup, Lars, Bach-Mortensen, Pernille, Bøyesen, Pernille, Thormann, Anja, Tarp, Ulrik, Bøhme, Wolfgang Peter, Lindegaard, Hanne, Poulsen, Uta Engling, Schlemmer, Anette, Graudal, Niels, Rødgaard, Anne, Espesen, Jakob, Kollerup, Gina Birgitte, Glintborg, Bente, Madsen, Ole Rintek, Jensen, Dorte Vendelbo, Hetland, Merete Lund
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26912229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-0952-y