Combination of ultrasound power Doppler-verified synovitis and seropositivity accurately identifies patients with early-stage rheumatoid arthritis.

Shin-Ya KawashiriKeita FujikawaAyako NishinoAyuko TakataniToshimasa ShimizuMasataka UmedaShoichi FukuiTakeshi IgawaTomohiro KogaNaoki IwamotoKunihiro IchinoseMami TamaiHideki NakamuraTomoki OriguchiAkinari MizokamiTakahiro MaedaAtsushi Kawakami

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2019)

The combination of a PD assessment or the cPD score with the measurement of autoantibodies of rheumatoid factor and/or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies can accurately identify patients with early-stage RA.

Keyphrases

early stage
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
sentinel lymph node
magnetic resonance imaging
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
genome wide
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
radiation therapy
lymph node
contrast enhanced ultrasound