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Does tenosynovitis of the hand detected by B-mode ultrasound predict loss of clinical remission in rheumatoid arthritis? Results from a real-life cohort Cover

Does tenosynovitis of the hand detected by B-mode ultrasound predict loss of clinical remission in rheumatoid arthritis? Results from a real-life cohort

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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2022.0004 | Journal eISSN: 2451-070X | Journal ISSN: 2084-8404
Language: English
Page range: 21 - 27
Submitted on: Aug 22, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 26, 2021
Published on: Feb 8, 2022
Published by: MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS Sp. z o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Raphael Micheroli, Almut Scherer, Kristina Bürki, Pascal Zufferey, Michael J. Nissen, Laure Brulhart, Burkhard Möller, Hans-Rudolf Ziswiler, Adrian Ciurea, Giorgio Tamborrini, published by MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS Sp. z o.o.
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