A comparative analysis of articular bone in large cohort of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases of the joints, the gut and the skin

In this study 476 subjects comprising healthy individuals and patients with anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ACPA-negative RA, Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were subjected to high-resolution quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) of the hand.

Source: Bone - July 23, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: David Simon, Arnd Kleyer, Matthias Englbrecht, Fabian Stemmler, Christoph Simon, Andreas Berlin, Roland Kocijan, Judith Haschka, Simon Hirschmann, Raja Atreya, Markus F. Neurath, Michael Sticherling, Juergen Rech, Axel J. Hueber, Klaus Engelke, Georg Sche Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research