ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2013
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Ultrasound of sacroiliac joints in spondyloarthritis: a systematic review.Rheumatology international · 2018Pooled it
- The SMILE study: Study of long-term methotrexate and iguratimod combination therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis.Chinese medical journal · 2025Trial
- Clinical Application of Ultra-High-Frequency Ultrasound.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Patient-provider discordance between global assessments of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive clinical evaluation.Arthritis research & therapy · 2017Observational
- Shear-wave elastographic ultrasound of metacarpophalangeal synovium in rheumatoid arthritis - A pilot study.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
In the current paradigm for management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), obtaining clinical remission of symptoms remains the most important aim, but achieving radiographic remission is another key goal of treatment. Several parameters detectable by musculoskeletal ultrasonography can predict the development of severe RA, as well as monitor patients' responses to treatment; thus, musculoskeletal ultrasonography is widely used for evaluating patients with RA, both in clinical trials and in clinical practice. This Review describes the applications of musculoskeletal ultrasonography in patients with RA, focusing on the identification of ultrasonographic features that predict the development of erosions. Such predictive markers include high vascularity of synovitis, persistent synovitis, tenosynovitis of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon, and erosive changes in the distal ulna. This article also describes ultrasonographic scores that could feasibly be integrated into daily rheumatology practice for the evaluation of patients with RA.
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