title: Reduction of skin collagen with increased skin thickness in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen