Bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis can be repaired through reduction in disease activity with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

Table 4 Bone sites where repairs of erosions were observed in individual patients

Patient number	Bone site and number of erosions	Number of repairs
1	rB₂ × 1	1
2	rA₃ × 2, rB₃ × 2	4
3	rA₄ × 1, lA₃ × 1, lB₃ × 1	3
4	rC₂ × 1, lI × 1	2
5	lE₅ × 1, lF × 1, lG × 1, rH × 1, lH × 1	5
6	rD₂ × 1, rI × 1	2
7	lA₄ × 1, lB₄ × 1, rE₄ × 1, rE₅ × 1, rG × 1	5
8	lC₃ × 1, rE₅ × 1	2
9	rD₂ × 1, lH × 1, rI × 1, lI × 1, lJ × 1	5
10	rD₂ × 1, rI × 1	2
11	rA₅ × 2, rB₅ × 2, lI × 1	5
12	rE₅ × 1, rF × 1	2
13	rA₄ × 1, lA₅ × 2, rB₄ × 1, lB₅ × 2	6
Total		44

An example of the notation used in the table is as follows: 'rA₃ × 2' means two repairs in the base of right third middle phalanx. A, base of middle phalanx; B, head of proximal phalanx; C, base of proximal phalanx; D, head of metacarpal bone; E, base of metacarpal bone; F, hamate bone; G, scaphoid bone; H, lunate bone; I, distal radius; J, distal ulna; l, left hand; r, right hand.

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