Healing of erosive changes in rheumatoid arthritis.

Clin Exp Rheumatol

Rheumatologie, Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus, Rosenstrasse 2, 40882 Ratingen, Germany.

Published: February 2005

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.

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