Subclinical ultrasound synovitis in a particular joint is associated with ultrasound evidence of bone erosions in that same joint in rheumatoid patients in clinical remission

Vreju, Fa
Ciapetti, A
Ciurea, Me
FILIPPUCCI, Emilio
GUTIERREZ, Marwin Saady
DI GESO, LUCA
SALAFFI, FAUSTO
GRASSI, Walter

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January 2016

Abstract

Twenty-four consecutive patients with RA in clinical remission according to EULAR criteria (DAS28<2.6) underwent a complete clinical assessment. An experienced sonographer blind to the clinical data performed the US examinations to detect and score signs of joint inflammation and bone erosions from second to fifth metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of both hands. All joints were scanned both on dorsal and volar aspects. The second and fifth MCP joints were scanned also in lateral aspects. The patients were mainly female (79.2%), with a mean age of 63.2 years ±12.3 standard deviation (SD) and a mean disease duration of 114.5 months ±53.9 SD. Half of the patients were rheumatoid factor positive and 45.8% were anti-citrullinated protein antibod...

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Subclinical ultrasound synovitis in a particular joint is associated with ultrasound evidence of bone erosions in that same joint in rheumatoid patients in clinical remission

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Subclinical ultrasound synovitis in a particular joint is associated with ultrasound evidence of bone erosions in that same joint in rheumatoid patients in clinical remission

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