AB1310 Practical use of ultrasonography detects residual joint synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis achieving clinical remission in daily clinical setting
Abstract:Background
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in clinical remission may still have evidence of synovitis detectable by ultrasonography (US), which is associated with structural damage. It has been reported that positive power Doppler (PD) activity is still detectable by US in metacarpophalangeal joints and wrist of dominant hand even in patients in clinical remission defined by more stringent criteria (1).
Objectives
To assessed the presence of residual synovitis with PD activity in any peripheral joints… Show more
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