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Systemic and local factors are involved in the evolution of erosions in hand osteoarthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2011
Bijsterbosch J, van Bemmel J M, Watt I, Meulenbelt I, Rosendaal F R, Huizinga T W J, Kloppenburg M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In order to gain insight in the pathogenesis of erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA), the evolution of erosions in hand OA and risk factors involved were investigated. METHODS: The 6-year evolution in radiographic Verbruggen-Veys anatomical phase was assessed in interphalangeal joints of 236 patients with hand OA (mean age 59 years, 83% women) from the GARP (for 'Genetics ARthrosis and Progression')...
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