High Sensitivity C Reactive Protein in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Antibodies against IL-6 or Jak Inhibitors: A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study.

Beatriz Frade-SosaAndrés PonceVirginia Ruiz-EsquideMaria Jesús García-YébenesRosa MorláNuria SapenaJulio RamirezAna Belen AzuagaJuan Camilo SarmientoJuan D CañeteJose A Gomez-PuertaRaimon Sanmarti

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

In anti-IL-6R RA-treated patients, hsCRP does not reflect the inflammatory disease state, but in those treated with JAKi, hsCRP was associated with US synovitis.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
rheumatoid arthritis
prognostic factors
oxidative stress
patient reported outcomes
optical coherence tomography
interstitial lung disease
optic nerve