Body mass index and extent of MRI-detected inflammation: opposite effects in rheumatoid arthritis versus other arthritides and asymptomatic persons

BACKGROUND: In the population a high body mass index (BMI) has been associated with slightly increased inflammatory markers. Within rheumatoid arthritis (RA), however, a high BMI has been associated with less radiographic progression; this phenomenon is unexplained. We hypothesized that the phenomen...

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Autores principales: Mangnus, Lukas, Nieuwenhuis, Wouter P., van Steenbergen, Hanna W., Huizinga, Tom W. J., Reijnierse, Monique, van der Helm-van Mil, Annette H. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27770823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-1146-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27770823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-1146-3

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