Baseline serum levels of cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen predict abatacept treatment response in methotrexate-naive, anticitrullinated protein antibody-positive patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
Objective To investigate correlations between biomarkers of bone remodelling and extracellular matrix turnover with baseline disease activity and treatment response in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Assessing Very Early Rheumatoid arthritis Treatment-2 (AVERT-2; NCT02504268) i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-11-01
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Series: | RMD Open |
Online Access: | https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e002683.full |