Abstracts tagged "pain and synovium"

Abstract Number: 1203 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Differential Synovial Expression Patterns in Early Osteoarthritis Predict Pain and Progression of Joint Damage
Arjen B. Blom¹, Martijn H. van den Bosch¹, Hans Cats², F van den Hoogen³, Floris PJ Lafeber⁴, Wim B. van den Berg¹, Peter L. van Lent¹ and Peter M. van der Kraan¹, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Hengstdal 3, Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The cause for chronic pain in OA is largely unknown. Over 50% of osteoarthritis (OA) patients show synovial inflammation, even at early stages of…