Therapeutic glucocorticoids prevent bone loss but drive muscle wasting when administered in chronic polyarthritis

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience extra-articular manifestations including osteoporosis and muscle wasting, which closely associate with severity of disease. Whilst therapeutic glucocorticoids...

Source: Arthritis Research and Therapy - August 1, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: C. G. Fenton, J. M. Webster, C. S. Martin, S. Fareed, C. Wehmeyer, H. Mackie, R. Jones, A. P. Seabright, J. W. Lewis, Y. C. Lai, C. S. Goodyear, S. W Jones, M. S. Cooper, G. G. Lavery, R. Langen, K. Raza & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research