Current classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis allow its classification on the basis of the presence of erosions, in the absence of other indicators. Nevertheless, definition or quantitation of erosions was lacking. A European task force has now addressed this issue by analysing radiographic erosions in two cohorts of patients with early disease.
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Dr Gravallese's work is supported by R01 AR055952 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Kay, J., Gravallese, E. Erosion defined: back to basics. Nat Rev Rheumatol 9, 323–324 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2013.60
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