Functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging correlates of fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology Oxford Journal

Fecha de publicación: 28 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez132

Autores: Neil Basu, Chelsea M Kaplan, Eric Ichesco, Tony Larkin Andrew Schrepf, Alison D Murray, Daniel J Clauw, Gordon D Waiter Richard E Harris.

Background: Fatigue is a major burden among patients with RA, yet is poorly understood. We sought to conduct the first imaging study to investigate the neurobiological correlates of fatigue in RA and to improve upon the methodological limitations of previous neuroimaging studies that have investigated this symptom in other populations.