Reliability of ultrasonography to detect inflammatory lesions and structural damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

• Main Authors: Lucio Ventura-Ríos (Author), Enrique Faugier (Author), Laura Barzola (Author), L. B. De la Cruz-Becerra (Author), Guadalupe Sánchez-Bringas (Author), Andrés Rodríguez García (Author), Rocío Maldonado (Author), Johannes Roth (Author), Cristina Hernández-Díaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography (MSUS) is an important tool for the clinical assessment in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of MSUS to detect elementary lesions: synovitis, tenosynovitis, cartilage damage and bone er...