Severe joint deformity and patient global assessment of disease are associated with discrepancies between sonographic and clinical remission: A cross-sectional study of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Although recent clinical trials showed that ultrasound (US) remission is not required to achieve good outcomes at the group level, it currently remains unclear whether the prognosis of individual patients in clinical remission, but not US remission, i.e. those with subclinical sonographic synovitis (SSS), is favorable. However, it is no longer acceptable to perform US on all patients in order to identify those with SSS. Therefore, the present...