Inclusion of Synovial Tissue-Derived Characteristics in a Nomogram for the Prediction of Treatment Response in Treatment-Naive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.
Stefano AliverniniBarbara TolussoMarco GessiMaria Rita GiganteAlice MannocciLuca PetriccaSimone PerniolaClara Di MarioLaura BuiAnna Laura FedeleAnnunziata CapacciDario BrunoGiusy PelusoGiuseppe La TorreFrancesco FedericoGianfranco FerraccioliElisa GremesePublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
The KSS is a reliable tool for synovitis assessment on US-guided ST biopsy, contingent on the phase of the disease and the autoimmune profile of each patient. This tool could be integrated within a therapeutic response-predictive nomogram for the prediction of treatment response in RA patients who were previously naive to treatment.