The effect of methotrexate on bone metabolism markers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Eiji Torikai; Yasunori Kageyama; Masaaki Takahashi; Akira Nagano
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-7595
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Twenty-four women (mean age +/- SD 49 +/- 13 years) with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (disease duration 15 +/- 8 years) were treated with synthetic salmon calcitonin (SCT) nasal spray 200 IU three times a week for 3 months. Bone biopsies from the iliac crest were taken before and after
## 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