No relationship between bone mineral density and syndesmophyte formation at the same level in the lumbar spine of patients with radiographic axial Spondyloarthritis.
Mary Lucy MarquesSofia RamiroPedro M MachadoDésirée Mfm van der HeijdeFloris A van GaalenPublished in: RMD open (2021)
In patients with active and established r-axSpA, with an observed low incidence of lumbar spine syndesmophyte formation over 2 years, no relationship was found between baseline BMD and new radiographic syndesmophyte formation at the same vertebra.