Correlation of Sclerostin and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) in Bone Turnover

Process of Premenopausal Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Malikul Chair1, Rudy Hidayat1,*, Sumariyono1, Murdani Abdullah2

1
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430, Indonesia
2
Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital,
Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430, Indonesia

*Correspondence should be addressed to Rudy Hidayat; rudyhidayat92@gmail.com

Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest

Authors’ contributions
MC, RH, S, MA contributed equally to this work. All authors read and approved the final
manuscript.

Acknowledgements
We would like to express our gratitude to Harry Isbagio, Zuljasri Albar, Bambang Setyohadi,
Suryo Anggoro, and Anna Arianne for their time and tremendous support in the field. Also, we
gratefully acknowledge Gilbert Lazarus and Jessica Audrey for their help in the preparation of
this manuscript.

Authors’ information
1. MC
MC is a consultant rheumatologist in Simuelue General Hospital, Sinabang,
Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam, Indonesia. In addition, he is also a member of the
Indonesian Medical Association, Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine, and
Indonesian Rheumatism Association. He graduated from Department of Internal
Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine
Universitas Indonesia in 2013.
2. RH
 RH is a consultant rheumatologist in the Division of Rheumatology, Department
of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine
Universitas Indonesia. He is also a member of the Indonesian Medical Association,
Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine, and Indonesian Rheumatism Association.
3. S
S is a consultant rheumatologist in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of
Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine
Universitas Indonesia.
4. MA
MA is a clinical professor and practicing gastroenterologist in the Department of
Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Faculty of
Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430, Indonesia. He is a currently a member
of research division in the Association of Indonesian Gastroenterologist, as well as an
international member of American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American
College of Gastroenterology, and Asia Pacific Colorectal Cancer Working Group.
Apart from being a clinical professor, he has volunteered in several humanitarian aids,
including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and the 2003 Bam earthquake,
Iran.