Abstracts tagged "cartilage and methotrexate (MTX)"

Abstract Number: 1956 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect Of Initial Methotrexate Therapy On Cartilage Composition In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Follow-Up With Biochemical MRI Of Finger Cartilage
Dr. Philipp Sewerin¹, Dr. Falk Miese², Dr. Hans-Jörg Wittsack³, Dr. Stefan Vordenbäumen¹, Dr. Christoph Schleich⁴, Prof. Dr. Gerald Antoch³, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider⁵ and Prof. Dr. Benedikt Ostendorf¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Department Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: To test for initial status and subsequent recovery of cartilage glycosaminoglycane content in metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA) undergoing…