The correlation of ultrasound-detected synovitis in an individual small joint with overall clinical disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Xuerong DengXiaoying SunWenhui XieYu WangZhuoli ZhangPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2022)
The ultrasound-detected synovitis at MCP joints, especially MCP2, MCP3, and MCP5 joints, was best correlated with clinical disease activity in most RA cases, in contrast to PIP and MTP joints. Key Points • The correlation of ultrasound-detected synovitis in each individual joint with the clinical disease activity in RA patients is diverse among joint regions. MCP joints showed the best, in contrast to PIP and MTP joints.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- ultrasound guided
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- contrast enhanced ultrasound