Synovitis and radiographic progression in non-erosive and erosive hand osteoarthritis: is erosive hand osteoarthritis a separate inflammatory phenotype?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6124598	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	2016	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Erosive HOA is characterized by higher frequency and more severe synovitis, pain and radiographic progression compared to non-erosive HOA. The higher rate of disease progression was independent of baseline synovitis and structural damage.

Keywords

Osteoarthritis Magnetic resonance imaging Pain Hand Radiography Ultrasonography

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Synovitis and radiographic progression in non-erosive and erosive hand osteoarthritis: is erosive hand osteoarthritis a separate inflammatory phenotype?

Authors

I.K. Haugen, A. Mathiessen, B. Slatkowsky-Christensen, K. Magnusson, P. BÃ¸yesen, S. Sesseng, D. van der Heijde, T.K. Kvien, H.B. Hammer,