Synovitis and osteitis are very frequent in rheumatoid arthritis clinical remission: results from an MRI study of 294 patients in clinical remission or low disease activity state.

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Published in J Rheumatol on September 01, 2011

Authors

Frédérique Gandjbakhch1, Philip G Conaghan, Bo Ejbjerg, Espen A Haavardsholm, Violaine Foltz, Andrew K Brown, Uffe Møller Døhn, Marissa Lassere, Jane Freeston, Pernille Bøyesen, Paul Bird, Bruno Fautrel, Merete Lund Hetland, Paul Emery, Pierre Bourgeois, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Tore K Kvien, Fiona McQueen, Mikkel Ostergaard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Pitié Salpêtriere Hospital, APHP, Université Paris 6-UPMC, Paris, France. frederique.gandjbakhch@psl.aphp.fr

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