In patients with clinically stable rheumatoid arthritis (clinical remission), can musculoskeletal ultrasound in addition to clinical examination detect or rule out inflammation that predicts subsequent joint damage to inform tapering and stopping treatment?
Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Scottish Health Technologies Group.
Scottish Society for Rheumatology.
"This advice has been produced following completion of evidence note 70 by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, in response to an enquiry from the Scottish Society for Rheumatology."
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Musculoskeletal system
Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging