Cortical bone loss is an early feature of nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis

Abstract Background In the present study, we investigated bone geometry, microstructure, and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) in a cohort of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in order to define the early bone changes occurring in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) a...

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Main Authors: Anna Neumann, Judith Haschka, Arnd Kleyer, Louis Schuster, Matthias Englbrecht, Andreas Berlin, Camille P. Figueiredo, David Simon, Christian Muschitz, Roland Kocijan, Heinrich Resch, Jürgen Rech, Georg Schett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1620-1