Joint involvement in RA starts predominantly in the hands: functional, clinical and imaging studies in clinically suspect arthralgia and during progression to RA
Objectives It is unknown whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starts in hands or feet. To investigate this, we performed functional, clinical and imaging studies during progression from clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) to RA. Additionally, we studied whether functional disabilities of hands/feet at...
Main Authors: | Bastiaan T van Dijk, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil, Elise van Mulligen, Doortje I Krijbolder, Marloes Verstappen, Sarah J H Khidir |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-04-01
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Series: | RMD Open |
Online Access: | https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/9/2/e003107.full |
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