Reduction of skin collagen with increased skin thickness in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis.
Thirty postmenopausal women with rheumatoid disease were investigated with skin biopsies and radiological measurements of skin thickness. When compared with menopausal-age-matched controls, the rheumatoid patients had significantly reduced skin collagen content and increased skin thickness.
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001706:Biopsy; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000473:pathology; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013848:Thigh
D003094:Collagen