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ba0003pp10 | Arthritis and other joint diseases: translational and clinical | ECTS2014

The influence of the 24-month treatment with anti-CD20 antibodies (rituximab) on bone mineral density in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Dydykina Polina , Dydykina Irina , Devyataikina Anna , Lukina Galina , Smirnov Alexandr , Nasonov Evgeniy

Background: The activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the one of the significant reasons of the increase of bone resorption and decrease of bone mineral density (BMD). The control of activity of inflammatory process with biologics (including rituximab – anti-CD20 antibodies) can be considered as possibility of decrease in bone resorption and BMD stabilization.Objectives: To access the dynamics of BMD after 24 months of treatment with rituximab in...