Diagnostic accuracy of simplified ultrasound hand examination protocols for detection of inflammation and disease burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Conclusion Preselected simplified US scores are less reliable in appreciating the disease burden when compared with an extended protocol for 22 joint US examination, raising clinicians' awareness regarding the need to comprehensively assess multiple hand joints to reliably rule out subclinical inflammation. PMID: 29742922 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Radiologica - January 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Sivakumaran P, Hussain S, Attipoe L, Ciurtin C Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research