Overweight and obesity affect clinical assessment of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of ultrasonography and clinical exam.

CONCLUSIONS: In high BMI RA patients both SJC and DAS28 seem to be undervalued by clinical assessment when compared to US.
PMID: 29998844 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - July 14, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research