Rheumatoid arthritis: Repair of erosion in RA--shifting the balance to formation.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.133 and PMC identifier 4078983.
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Abstract
Repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis has been considered a difficult goal to achieve. However—with better therapies at hand to control synovial inflammation—sensitive μCT imaging techniques now available confirm that repair of bone erosion is possible, and begins at the base of erosive lesions.
Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Bone Resorption
- Methotrexate
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha