Since the patient lacked cathepsin K due to her condition, researchers hypothesized that this would protect her from the bone erosions in the hands and feet normally seen in psoriatic arthritis.

A remarkable discovery has emerged in the heart of Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, challenging our understanding of ancient human ...

The bones show minimal signs of erosion, trampling or gnawing by other animals — ruling out the possibility that natural causes resulted in the tool shapes, she added. The bone tools date from more ...

MRI can be used for quantitative assessment of bone erosion volumes in the wrists and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of RA patients. A semiquantitative scoring system, the Outcome Measures in ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(4):1209-1221. Inflammation, cartilage and bone erosions, joint destruction that's the typical progression of arthritis and most rheumatic diseases. While ...