Abstracts tagged "synovium and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 123 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Combination with Joint Power Doppler Signals with Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Predicts Joint Destruction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yohei Kirino¹, Maasa Hama¹, Kaoru Minegishi-Takase¹, Yosuke Kunishita¹, Daiga Kishimoto¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Yukiko Asami¹, Atsushi Ihata², Shigeru Ohno³, Atsuhisa Ueda¹, Mitsuhiro Takeno⁴ and Ishigatsubo Yoshiaki¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ³Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Clinical Laboratory Department, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose , Categorizing RA patients who require intensive treatments is highly warranted to optimize the therapy and to avoid overtreatments. We here evaluated the use…