Repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis has been considered a difficult goal to achieve. However—with better therapies at hand to control synovial inflammation—sensitive μCT imaging techniques now available confirm that repair of bone erosion is possible, and begins at the base of erosive lesions.
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The work of E. M. Gravallese is supported by NIH grant AR055952. The work of N. C. Walsh is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council project grant.
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Gravallese, E., Walsh, N. Repair of erosion in RA—shifting the balance to formation. Nat Rev Rheumatol 7, 626–628 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2011.133
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