Bone erosions and osteophytes in premenopausal women with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis: association with systemic bone involvement by HR-Pqct.
Mariana O PerezCamille Pinto FigueiredoLucas P SalesAna Cristina Medeiros-RibeiroLiliam TakayamaDiogo S DomicianoKarina BonfiglioliValeria F CaparboRosa Maria Rodrigues PereiraPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
Our findings showed that premenopausal women with long-standing RA had systemic bone fragility at peripheral sites. Moreover, erosions were associated mainly with cortical bone fragility at the DR and DT, and osteophytes correlated with repair of trabecular bone at the radius.