Matrix metalloproteinases-3 baseline serum levels in early rheumatoid arthritis patients without initial radiographic changes: a two-year ultrasonographic study

Slavica, Prodanovic; Goran, Radunovic; Dragan, Babic; Biljana, Ristic; Mirjana, Sefik Bukilica; Maja, Zlatanovic; Katarina, Simic Pasalic; Srdjan, Seric; Nada, Vujasinovic Stupar; Janko, Samardzic; Nemanja, Damjanov

Slavica, Prodanovic; Goran, Radunovic; Dragan, Babic; Biljana, Ristic; Mirjana, Sefik Bukilica; Maja, Zlatanovic; Katarina, Simic Pasalic; Srdjan, Seric; Nada, Vujasinovic Stupar; Janko, Samardzic; Nemanja, Damjanov.

Medical Principles and Practice. 2018; 27 (4): 378-386

in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-201929

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To investigate the association of high baseline serum levels of metalloproteinases-3 [MMP-3] with structural damage to hand and feet joints, assessed by ultrasonography [US], in patients with early, treatment-naive rheumatoid arthritis [RA], without initial X-ray-visible erosions, during 24 months follow-up

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