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Predicting Imaging Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Case-control Ultrasound Study by Sang Wan Chung; Ji-Young Choi; Sang-Hoon Lee; Ran Song; Hyung-In Yang; Seung-Jae Hong; Yeon-Ah Lee is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background To elucidate the achievement rates of imaging remission and to examine the characteristics associated with imaging remission status among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have attained clinical remission. ## Methods Ninety-seven patients with RA patients who had attained clinical remission, defined by DAS28-ESR < 2.6 were enrolled. Power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) was performed on 16 joints and 2 tendons, including the first to third metacarpophalangeal, second and third proximal interphalangeal, radiocarpal (RC), second and third metatarsophalangeal joints, and extensor carpi ulnaris tendons. They were graded based on a dichotomous assessment. The clinical and laboratory data of patients who had attained imaging remission were compared to those of patients who had attained only clinical remission. ## Results The imaging remission rate was 51.5% in patients who had attained clinical remission. Forty-seven patients (48.5%) were PDUS positive. Power Doppler was detected most frequently in the right RC joint (n = 40). PDUS positive patients had higher evaluator global assessment (EGA) scores (__P__ < 0.001) than PDUS negative patients. PDUS positive patien
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- Author
- Sang Wan Chung; Ji-Young Choi; Sang-Hoon Lee; Ran Song; Hyung-In Yang; Seung-Jae Hong; Yeon-Ah Lee
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)