title: Healing of erosive changes in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: This is an overview over the history and present state of knowledge of radiographic signs of erosion healing. The existence of healing or repair has been confirmed; different observers agree in the identification of healing; it may be identified without knowing the sequence of the films. As healing indicates that inflammation has discontinued for several months in an individual joint, it might represent a good additional outcome measure in RA clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatologie, Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus, Rosenstrasse 2, 40882 Ratingen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Herborn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wassenberg
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing