"Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Enhances the Assessment of Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis".
Patricia Vega-FernandezEdward J OberleMichael HenricksonJennifer HugginsSampath PrahaladAmy CassedyJohannes RothTracy V Tingnull nullPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2022)
Subclinical synovitis was commonly observed in this cohort of JIA patients. The fair to moderate correlation of MSUS synovitis with patient- and provider-reported outcomes suggests that MSUS assesses a different, possibly more objective, domain not determined by traditional JIA outcome measurements. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keyphrases
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- end stage renal disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- high intensity
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue