Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical remission with positive power Doppler signal in joint ultrasonography have an increased rate of clinical flare: a prospective study

• Main Authors: Vanessa Bugni Miotto e Silva (Author), Sônia de Aguiar Vilela Mitraud (Author), Rita Nely Vilar Furtado (Author), Jamil Natour (Author), Claudio Arnaldo Len (Author), Maria Teresa de Sande e Lemos Ramos Ascensão Terreri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ultrasonography (US) studies carried out on joints of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients in clinical remission demonstrate the presence of subclinical synovitis. The significance of subclinical synovitis and the positive power Doppler (PD) signal on US in JIA in clinica...