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Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Yasuhiro Araki, Hiroyuki Yonemitsu, Nobutake Nakane, Syuichirou Takahasi, Kazuhiko Momosaki, Etsuo Nishikido, Fuminori Koga

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We examined bone mineral density (BMD) by QDR 1000 of Hologic company in 86 patients (13 males and 73 females) with rheumatoid arthritis.We discussed the relationship between the BMD and the factors that are under influence of rheumatoid arthritis.The results were as follows.1. It is recongnized that BMD of patients with rheumatoid arthritis is less than that of normal females in the fifties and the sixties.2. There is no relationship between the BMD and the age (except in females in the fifties and the sixties), morbid term, strength power, stage class grouping, presence of steroid dose.3. It is unclear that rheumatoid arthritis is under influence of general osteoporosis.

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Key concepts: Rheumatoid arthritis, Bone mineral, Medicine, Osteoporosis, Internal medicine, Arthritis