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No association between methotrexate and impaired bone mineral density in a cohort of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis and other vasculitides-a cross-sectional analysis with dose-response analyses.

Andriko PalmowskiMitsuteru AkahoshiBurkhard MucheZhivana BoyadzhievaSandra HermannChikashi C TeraoEdgar WiebeFrank Buttgereit
Published in: Rheumatology international (2023)
In the Rh-GIOP cohort, MTX is used in about a quarter of patients with PMR or vasculitis. It is not associated with BMD levels.
Keyphrases
  • giant cell
  • bone mineral density
  • postmenopausal women
  • body composition
  • high dose
  • low dose