Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often characterized by bone loss and fragility fractures and is a
frequent comorbidity. Compared with a matched population, RA patients with fractures have …

This review assessed treatments of chronic lumbar facet joint pain and found good evidence
for conventional radiofrequency neurotomy and fair to good evidence for lumbar facet joint …

Introduction Although osteoporosis has been reported to be more common in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), little is known whether the risk of osteoporotic fractures in these …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized, among other factors, by systemic bone loss,
reaching~ 50% prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. This is roughly a …

Background: Lumbar facet joints are a well recognized source of low back pain and referred
pain in the lower extremity in patients with chronic low back pain. Conventional clinical …

Objective. To investigate the effect of long-term adalimumab treatment on BMD of the lumbar
spine, total hip and hands in patients with RA. Methods. In 184 established RA patients …

Joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) induces local periarticular osteoporosis.
Generalised bone mineral density (BMD) decrease concerns approximately 50% of …

AIMS: Although considered as a feature of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, there is a lot of
controversy around low bone mass in patients with psoriatic arthritis. The aim of this cross …

Introduction Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare genetic disease caused by loss-of-function
mutations in the ALPL gene encoding the tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (ALP) …

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disease of connective tissue
characterized by progressive destructive arthritis associated with deformation and …