T Michitsuji, S Fukui, S Morimoto, Y Endo, A Nishino, S Nishihata, Y Tsuji, T Shimizu, M Umeda, R Sumiyoshi, T Koga, N Iwamoto, T Origuchi, Y Ueki, T Yoshitama, N Eiraku, N Matsuoka, A Okada, K Fujikawa, H Ohtsubo, H Takaoka, H Hamada, T Tsuru, M Nawata, Y Arinobu, T Hidaka, Y Tada, A Kawakami, S-Y Kawashiri
OBJECTIVE: The optimal strategy for difficult-to-treat (D2T) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not been identified, and the ultrasound characteristics of D2T RA have not been reported. We investigated the clinical characteristics and factors contributing to the outcome in D2T RA in a multicentre RA ultrasound observational cohort. METHOD: We reviewed 307 Japanese patients diagnosed with RA who underwent treatment with biological and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs)...
December 12, 2023: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology