AB0302 Can We Use a Validated Synovitis Score Developed for the Follow-Up of RA Patients (the Sonar Score) as a Tool to Predict an Evolution Towards RA in Patients with Polyarthralgia?:
Abstract:BackgroundIn established RA, musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is more sensitive than clinical assessment for the detection of synovitis. Few scores US have nevertheless been validated essentially for the follow-up of RA. The SONAR is one of them. It has the particularity to be used in real life practice by many rheumatologists at a national level in Switzerland since 2009.ObjectivesThe aims of the study was assess the value of the US SONAR as a screening tool to detect early joint involvement in patient complai… Show more
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