Abstracts tagged "synovitis and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 1449 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Of Effects Of Standard- and Low-Dose Etanercept On Inflammatory Synovitis In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients As Assessed By Ultrasonography
Kenji Mamoto¹, Tatsuya Koike², Tadashi Okano¹, Yuko Sugioka¹, Masahiro Tada¹, Kentaro Inui³ and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Rheumatosurgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Orhtopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The presence of synovitis has been recognized as one of the most important predictive factors of subsequent structural damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…