Changes in bone density and bone turnover in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with rituximab, results from an exploratory, prospective study

• Gillian Wheater ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: gill.wheater@ntlworld.com

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-4306

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• Mohsen Elshahaly,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Rheumatology and Physical Medicine Department, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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• Kamran Naraghi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Stephen P. Tuck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Rheumatology, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

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• Harish K. Datta,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Jacob M. van Laar

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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