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Osteoarthritis associated with distal interphalangeal joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis

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A study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the clinical and radiological findings in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), and combined osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (OA/RA) affecting the hands. Fifty patients were selected for each group from those attending a rheumatology clinic. The study showed a good correlation between the clinical and radiological diagnosis of combined OA/RA and that marginal erosive changes in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints occur more commonly in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have coexisting osteoarthritis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, UK

    G. T. Abbott B.Sc. (Hons), M.B.Ch.B., M.R.C.P. (I) & G. H. Whitehouse M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D.

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, UK

    R. C. Bucknall M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P.

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Abbott, G.T., Bucknall, R.C. & Whitehouse, G.H. Osteoarthritis associated with distal interphalangeal joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis. Skeletal Radiol. 20, 495–497 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194244

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