## Abstract ## Objective Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have had the disease for 10 years, more than half have focal erosions, and the risk of fracture is doubled. However, there is little information about the potential relationship between focal erosions and bone mineral density (B
The relationship between radiologic changes and osteoporosis of the hand in rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Anders O. Bjelle; Bo E. Nilsson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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