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Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Efficacy of a 2-year MRI Treat-to-target Strategy on Radiographic Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission – Five Year Follow-up of the IMAGINE-RA Randomized Clinical Trial
Signe Møller-Bisgaard¹, Kim Hørslev-Petersen², Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Bo Ejbjerg³, Merete L Hetland¹, Jakob Moeller⁴, Robin Christensen⁵, Sabrina Mai Nielsen⁶, Daniel Glinatsi⁷, Mikael Boesen⁸, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen⁹, Ole Rintek Madsen¹⁰, Bente Jensen¹¹, Jan Alexander Villadsen², Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁹, Oliver Hendricks², Hanne Merete Lindegaard¹², Niels Steen Krogh¹³, Anne Grethe Jurik⁹, Henrik Thomsen⁴ and Mikkel Østergaard¹⁴, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ³Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, ⁴Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Sweden, ⁸Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Naerum, Denmark, ⁹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁰Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark, ¹¹Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹²Odense Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ¹³ZiteLab ApS, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint damage progresses in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite fulfilling clinical remission criteria (1). Osteitis assessed on MRI is a well…
Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2023
Analysis of IgG4-Related Disease in a Diverse Long Island Population: Insights from the Rheumatology Clinic
Young Min Cho¹, Galina Marder², Koushik Sangaraju³, Lara El Khoury², Kourosh Shargani⁴ and Jevon Fragoso⁵, ¹Northwell, Glen Cove, NY, ²Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ³Staten Island University Hospital - Northwell Health, Staten Island, NY, ⁴Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Northwell, Queens, NY
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD) is an immune-mediated disease characterized by dense lymphoid-lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates with high IgG4-positive plasma cells with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. The data on…
Abstract Number: 1963 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of JAK-STAT Inhibition by Baricitinib and Tofacitinib on Disease Phenotype in a Mouse Model of Myositis
Rita Spathis, Sabrina Narvesen, Deeva Robles Kuriplach, Karen Huang, Teja Sundar, Daniel Shulman, Elizabeth Bagley, Kanneboyina Nagaraju and Melissa Morales, Binghamton University, Johnson City, NY
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of the interferon (IFN) pathway plays a major role in the pathophysiology of autoimmune myositis. Upregulation of type 1 IFN stimulated genes (an…
Abstract Number: 1861 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Non-pharmacological Interventions: A Systematic Review Informing the 2023 EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Fatigue in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
Eduardo Santos¹, Bayram Farisogullari², Emma Dures³, Rinie Geenen⁴ and Pedro Machado⁵, ¹Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal, ²Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ³Academic Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary; and Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Utrecht University, Vorstenbosch, Netherlands, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK. Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK., London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To identify the best evidence on the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in reducing fatigue in people with I-RMDs and to summarise their safety in…
Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis with Tixegvimab/cilgavimab Is Effective in Limiting the Risk and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients with Auto Immune or Inflammatory Diseases at Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19
Marion THOMAS¹, Maeva MASSON², Raphaele Seror³, Samuel Bitoun⁴, Henry DUPUY⁵, Lazato ESTIBALIZ⁵, Christophe Richez⁶, Yannick ALLANORE⁷ and Jerome AVOUAC⁸, ¹HOPITAL COCHIN AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France, ²CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ³University Hospital Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁴CHU Bicêtre APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁵CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁶Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁷Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune or inflammatory diseases treated with immunosuppressants such as anti-CD20 are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 and have a high probability…
Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diagnostic Yield of 18F-FDG PET-CT for Large Vessel Involvement in Patients with Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis and Negative Temporal Artery Biopsy
Javier Narvaez¹, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcón², Paola Vidal-Montal³, Iván Sánchez-Rodriguez⁴, Aida Sabate-Llobera⁴, Montserrat Cortes-Romera⁴ and Joan Miquel Nolla⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine – PET IDI. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Every effort should be made to confirm a suspected diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). According to the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations…
Abstract Number: 1859 • ACR Convergence 2023
Examining Hydroxychloroquine Prescribing and SLE Damage in a Statewide Lupus Cohort
Jenna Cormier¹, Bryn Sutherland¹, Yiran Jiang², David Gazeley³, Jonathan Katz⁴, Shalvi Parikh⁴, Carlos Torres⁵, Eden Charles⁵, Ang Yu⁶, Felix Elwert⁶ and Christie M. Bartels⁷, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous disease that disproportionately affects women, racially and ethnically minoritized populations, and people of lower socioeconomic status (SES).…
Abstract Number: 1125 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Rheumatologic Clinical Profile of the VEXAS Syndrome: Results from a Survey Conducted Among Rheumatologic Units of 126 Hospitals Across Spain
Marta López I Gómez¹, Paula García Escudero², Marta López³, Berta Magallanes López⁴, Meritxell Salles Lizarzaburu⁵, Beatriz Frade Sosa⁶, Elena Riera⁷, Ernesto Trallero Araguás⁸, MARIA ELVIRA DIEZ ALVAREZ⁹, Francisco Javier Toyos Sáenz de Miera¹⁰, Alicia Garcia Dorta¹¹, José Ángel Hernández Beriain¹², Marta Ibáñez Martínez¹³, carolina Merino¹⁴, PALOMA VELA¹⁵, Ana Victoria Orenes Vera¹⁶, Diego Dios Santos¹⁷, Jose Alberto Miranda Filloy¹⁸, Clara García Belando¹⁹, María Rodríguez Laguna²⁰, Ignacio Vázquez²¹, Joaquin Belzunegui²², Judit Font²³, Carlos de Miguel Sánchez²⁴, Zuriñe Ortiz de Zárate Caballero²⁵ and Jaime Calvo Alén²⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario de Araba, Pamplona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Bilbao, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Arava, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵C. H. de Manresa - Fundació Althaia, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷H. U. Mútua Terrasa, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹³C. A. U. de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁶H. Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁸C. H. U. Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Los Arcos del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, ²⁰H. Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²¹H. U. Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain, ²²H. C. Alto Deba, Donostia, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Araba, Hematology, VItoria, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario de Araba, Internal Medicine, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly described VEXAS syndrome is a very heterogenous disease with rheumatologic and hematologic manifestations, caused by somatic mutations affecting UBA1 gene, that still…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2023
First and Recurrent Thrombosis Risk After 4,454 Patient-Years of Follow-Up: Prospective Results from the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Jonathan Thaler¹, Yasaman Ahmadzadeh², Danieli Andrade³, leslie skeith⁴, Maria Tektonidou⁵, Savino Sciascia⁶, Vittorio Pengo⁷, Jose Pardos-Gea⁸, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza⁹, Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹⁰, H Michael Belmont¹¹, Kello Nina¹², Paul R. Fortin¹³, Denis WAHL¹⁴, Maria Gerosa¹⁵, Guilherme De Jesús¹⁶, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁷, Tatsuya Atsuma¹⁸, Maria Efthymiou¹⁹, D. Ware Branch²⁰, Laura Andreoli²¹, Esther Rodriguez almaraz²², Michelle Petri²³, Giulia Pazzola²⁴, Ricard Cervera²⁵, Bahar Artim Esen²⁶, Hui Shi²⁷, Jason Knight²⁷, Guillermo Pons-Estel²⁸, Rohan Willis²⁹, Ali Duarte-Garcia³⁰, Maria Laura Bertolaccini³¹, Hannah Cohen³², Doruk Erkan¹ and On Behalf Of APS ACTION³³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁶University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ⁷Department of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁸Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ¹⁰IMIBIC - Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Northwell Health, Brooklyn, NY, ¹³Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁴University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, ¹⁵University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ¹⁶Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁷Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ¹⁸Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²¹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²²Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁴Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²⁵Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁶Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁸CREAR, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁹University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³²University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³³on behalf of APS ACTION, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The APS ACTION Registry was created to study the natural course of disease over 10 years in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients with or…
Abstract Number: 1147 • ACR Convergence 2023
Blood-Based Biomarkers of Inflammation and Tissue Remodeling Can Discriminate Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Psoriatic Arthritis and Are Associated with Hand Function
Helena Port I Linares¹, Birte Coppers², Sara Bayat², Godonou Elie-Tino², Larissa Valor-Mendez², David Simon², Filippo Fagni², Giulia Corte², Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³, Koray Tascilar², Axel Hueber⁴, Verena Schoenau², Michael Sticherling⁵, Simon Heinrich⁶, Daniela Bohr², Georg Schett⁷, Arnd Kleyer⁸, Sigrid Leyendecker⁶, Signe Holm Nielsen³ and Anna-Maria Liphardt⁹, ¹Nordic Bioscience A/S / University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology / Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medical University / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Applied Dynamics, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are characterized by physical function impairment due to progressive inflammatory and structural changes.…
Abstract Number: 1870 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessing the Appropriateness of Imaging Modalities in Primary Care for Low Back Pain and Their Impact on Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Single Center in Trenton
Damira Sereda¹, Cristine Arcilla², Kudret Arslan³ and Daniel Goldsmith⁴, ¹Capital Health Medical Canter, Trenton, NJ, ²Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Ewing Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, ⁴Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of doctor visits and disability. The annual direct expenditures for LBP management exceed $80 billion, not…
Abstract Number: 1136 • ACR Convergence 2023
Challenges in Diagnosing VEXAS Syndrome: Delayed Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and Associations with Specific Gene Mutations
Paula García Escudero¹, Marta López i Gómez², Marta López Maraver³, PALOMA VELA⁴, María Rodríguez Laguna⁵, carolina Merino⁶, Ana Victoria Orenes Vera⁷, Clara García Belando⁸, Diego Dios Santos⁹, Jose Alberto Miranda Filloy¹⁰, Francisco Javier Toyos Sáenz de Miera¹¹, Alicia Garcia Dorta¹², Ignacio Vázquez¹³, José Ángel Hernández Beriain¹⁴, MARIA ELVIRA DIEZ ALVAREZ¹⁵, Marta Ibáñez Martínez¹⁶, Beatriz Frade Sosa¹⁷, Judit Font Urgelles¹⁸, Meritxell Salles Lizarzaburu¹⁹, Elena Riera Alonso²⁰, Ernesto Trallero Araguás²¹, Berta Magallanes López²², Joaquín Belzunegui Otano²³, Carlos de Miguel Sánchez²⁴, Zuriñe Ortiz de Zárate Caballero²⁵ and Jaime Calvo Alén²⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Araba, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Araba, Pamplona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁵H. Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ⁷H. Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Los Arcos del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰C. H. U. Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹³H. U. Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁶C. A. U. de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Germans Trías i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹C. H. de Manresa - Fundació Althaia, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Mútua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Donosti, Donosti, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Araba, Hematology, VItoria, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario de Araba, Internal Medicine, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly described VEXAS syndrome is a very heterogenous disease with rheumatologic and hematologic manifestations, caused by somatic mutations affecting UBA1 gene, that still…
Abstract Number: 1156 • ACR Convergence 2023
Presentations and Outcomes of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Hong Kong
Iris Tang¹, Ho So², Teresa li³, Vivian Tang⁴, Chi Ho⁵ and Roy Ho⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴North District Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁵Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁶Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of heterogeneous autoimmune diseases with cutaneous, musculoskeletal, and systemic involvements. The Hong Kong Myositis Registry (MyoHK) was…
Abstract Number: 1613 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tetrodotoxin Sensitive Nav1.7 Sodium Channel SCN9A Gene Polymorphism rs6754031(T >G) Is Associated with Fibromyalgia
Koshy Nithin Thomas, Shivika Guleria, Amita Aggarwal and Able Lawrence, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: SCN9A gene encodes a tetrodotoxin sensitive Nav1.7 Sodium channel expressed in dorsal root ganglia, peripheral nerves, olfactory nerves and inner ear. Rare Mutations in…
Abstract Number: 1872 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance Analysis of a Deep Learning Algorithm to Detect Positive SIJ MRI According to the ASAS Definition in axSpA Patients
Joeri Nicolaes¹, Evi Tselenti², Theodore Aouad³, Clementina López Medina⁴, Antoine Feydy⁵, Hugues Talbot³, Bengt Hoepken⁶, Natasha De Peyrecave⁷ and Maxime Dougados⁸, ¹KU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Center for Processing Speech and Images; UCB Pharma, Anderlecht, Belgium, ²Veramed, London, United Kingdom, ³CentraleSupélec, Universite Paris-Saclay, Inria, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba / IMIBIC / University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Radiology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) is an essential tool in the evaluation of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). In-depth knowledge…

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