Erosion-free rheumatoid arthritis: clinical and conceptional implications-a BARFOT study.
Björn SvenssonMaria L E AnderssonInger GjertssonIngiäld HafströmSofia AjeganovaKristina ForslindPublished in: BMC rheumatology (2022)
One-quarter of the patients was erosion-free during eight years in this early RA cohort. Erosion-free patients had a less severe disease course as to disease activity and were more often seronegative compared with those with erosive disease. The results suggest that non-erosive RA represents a milder form of RA.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- prognostic factors
- interstitial lung disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- early onset
- patient reported outcomes
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis