LetterLetter
Joint Damage Over Time in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Follows Trajectories Related to Distinct Courses of Disease Activity
Quirine A. Dumoulin, Marloes Verstappen, Annette H.M. van der Helm van Mil and Hanna W. van Steenbergen
The Journal of Rheumatology November 2022, jrheum.220531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.220531
Quirine A. Dumoulin
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden; Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. H.W. van Steenbergen and A.H.M. van der Helm-van Mil contributed equally to this study. The research leading to these results received funding from the Dutch Arthritis Foundation and the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (starting grant, agreement No 714312). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Q.A. Dumoulin, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. Email: q.a.dumoulin@lumc.nl.
Marloes Verstappen
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden; Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. H.W. van Steenbergen and A.H.M. van der Helm-van Mil contributed equally to this study. The research leading to these results received funding from the Dutch Arthritis Foundation and the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (starting grant, agreement No 714312). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Q.A. Dumoulin, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. Email: q.a.dumoulin@lumc.nl.
Annette H.M. van der Helm van Mil
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden; Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. H.W. van Steenbergen and A.H.M. van der Helm-van Mil contributed equally to this study. The research leading to these results received funding from the Dutch Arthritis Foundation and the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (starting grant, agreement No 714312). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Q.A. Dumoulin, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. Email: q.a.dumoulin@lumc.nl.
Hanna W. van Steenbergen
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden; Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. H.W. van Steenbergen and A.H.M. van der Helm-van Mil contributed equally to this study. The research leading to these results received funding from the Dutch Arthritis Foundation and the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (starting grant, agreement No 714312). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Q.A. Dumoulin, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. Email: q.a.dumoulin@lumc.nl.
Abstract
The severity of radiographic joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has decreased greatly in the last decades because of improved treatments and treatment strategies.1 However, joint destruction is still prevalent and strongly correlates with functional disability.2
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Joint Damage Over Time in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Follows Trajectories Related to Distinct Courses of Disease Activity
Quirine A. Dumoulin, Marloes Verstappen, Annette H.M. van der Helm van Mil, Hanna W. van Steenbergen
The Journal of Rheumatology Nov 2022, jrheum.220531; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.220531
Joint Damage Over Time in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Follows Trajectories Related to Distinct Courses of Disease Activity
Quirine A. Dumoulin, Marloes Verstappen, Annette H.M. van der Helm van Mil, Hanna W. van Steenbergen
The Journal of Rheumatology Nov 2022, jrheum.220531; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.220531