Relation of interleukin-6 in rheumatoid arthritis patients to systemic bone loss and structural bone damage
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- Book ID
- 120780098
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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## Objective. To assess the effects of intraarticular (IA) corticosteroid use on bone metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. Levels of the bone turnover markers, serum osteocalcin (BGP) and urinary pyridinoline (PYD), were monitored in RA patients for 4 weeks following a s
## Abstract ## Objective To examine the association between baseline bone mineral density (BMD) and radiographic damage at 3 years of disease duration in a longitudinal cohort of African Americans with recent‐onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## Methods African American RA patients with a disease