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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 Gaalen
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • bone mineral density
  • postmenopausal women
  • body composition
  • risk factors
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  • rheumatoid arthritis
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