High patient global assessment scores in patients with rheumatoid arthritis otherwise in remission do not reflect subclinical inflammation

Luisa Brites,João Rovisco,Flávio Costa, J P Freitas,Diogo Jesus,Gisela Eugénio,Sara Serra,Cátia Duarte,Ricardo J O Ferreira,J A P da Silva

Joint Bone Spine（2021）

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•Sixty-one percent of RA patients otherwise in remission miss this status solely due to patient global assessment≥1.•Subclinical inflammation has been advocated to explain this mismatch, justifying additional immunosuppressive therapy.•Using extensive ultrasound examination, we found no evidence to support this claim.

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Rheumatoid arthritis,Outcome assessment,Remission,Disease activity,Patient global assessment,Ultrasonography,Overtreatment

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