background: bone mineral density (bmd) changes during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). the present study was designed to investigate the status of bmd in patients with ra treated with anti-rheumatic drugs. methods: bmd at the femoral neck (fn-bmd) and lumbar spine (ls-bmd) were measured by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) method using norland densitometer. disease activity (da) wa...