Abstracts tagged "inflammation and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 492 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calprotectin Levels Correlate with Inflammation in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis before Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Treatment and after 12 Months of Treatment
Maria K. Jonsson^1,2,3, Hilde B. Hammer⁴, Hilde H. Nordal^1,3, Anna-Birgitte Aga², Inge C Olsen², Karl Albert Brokstad³, Tore K Kvien², Bjørg-Tilde Fevang^1,5, Siri Lillegraven², Espen A. Haavardsholm² and ARCTIC study group, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Clinical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁴Dept. of Rheumtology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Calprotectin (MRP8/MRP14, S100A8/A9) is a major leukocyte protein previously shown to be associated with disease activity in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some…
Abstract Number: 2479 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adalimumab Significantly Reduces Inflammation In Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: An Ultrasound Study
Zaiying Hu¹, Manlong Xu², Zetao Liao³, Zhiming Lin⁴ and Jieruo Gu⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSIT, Guangzho, China, ³Rheumatology, The Affiliated Third Hospital of Sun Yat-san University, Rheumatology, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Rheumatology, third affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen Universtiy, Guangzhou, China, ⁵Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of using power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) to detect inflammation in sacroiliac joints and entheses after adalimumab (a TNF-alpha antagonist) treatment…

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