TY - JOUR T1 - Dr. Gibson and Dr. Felson reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1481 LP - 1481 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.120474 VL - 39 IS - 7 AU - NADIA GIBSON AU - DAVID T. FELSON Y1 - 2012/07/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/39/7/1481.2.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We appreciate the interest from Tan and McGonagle1 regarding our article2, as we recognize their expertise in this subject. To clarify, we did include enthesophytes at the distal interphalangeal (DIP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP), and metacarpophalangeal joints, and did not limit examination to the shafts as suggested in their letter. These results are displayed in our Table 2 … Address correspondence to Dr. Felson; E-mail: dfelson{at}bu.edu ER -