Efficacy of abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging of bilateral hands

ConclusionAbatacept treatment reduced synovitis and osteitis scores and did not worsen erosion and JSN scores at Month 12. Over 10% of patients experienced repair of erosion.

Source: APLAR Journal of Rheumatology - July 21, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Yuji Kukida, Akiko Kasahara, Takahiro Seno, Takuya Inoue, Risa Sagawa, Takashi Kida, Amane Nakabayashi, Hidetake Nagahara, Ken Murakami, Toshifumi Sugitani, Satoshi Morita, Hirotoshi Ito, Ryo Oda, Hiroyoshi Fujiwara, Masataka Kohno, Yutaka Kawahito Tags: Original Article Source Type: research