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Is There Subclinical Synovitis in Patients with Palindromic Rheumatism in the Intercritical Period? A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study According to Anticitrullinated Protein Antibody Status
Sonia Cabrera-Villalba, Julio Ramirez, Georgina Salvador, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, M. Victoria Hernández, José Inciarte-Mundo, José A. Gómez-Puerta, Juan D. Cañete and Raimon Sanmarti
The Journal of Rheumatology July 2014, jrheum.131545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131545
Sonia Cabrera-Villalba
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
Julio Ramirez
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
Georgina Salvador
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
Virginia Ruiz-Esquide
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
M. Victoria Hernández
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
José Inciarte-Mundo
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
José A. Gómez-Puerta
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
Juan D. Cañete
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
Raimon Sanmarti
From the Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supported by a grant from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona to S. Cabrera-Villalba (Premi fi de Residencia: Emili Letang 2012). S. Cabrera-Villalba, MD; J. Ramirez, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; G. Salvador, MD, PhD, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa; V. Ruiz-Esquide, MD, PhD; M.V. Hernández, MD, PhD; J. Inciarte-Mundo, MD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS; J.A. Gómez-Puerta, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; J.D. Cañete, MD, PhD; R. Sanmarti, MD, PhD, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS. Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sanmarti, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti@clinic.cat. Accepted for publication April 3, 2014.
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Is There Subclinical Synovitis in Patients with Palindromic Rheumatism in the Intercritical Period? A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study According to Anticitrullinated Protein Antibody Status
Sonia Cabrera-Villalba, Julio Ramirez, Georgina Salvador, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, M. Victoria Hernández, José Inciarte-Mundo, José A. Gómez-Puerta, Juan D. Cañete, Raimon Sanmarti
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2014, jrheum.131545; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131545
Is There Subclinical Synovitis in Patients with Palindromic Rheumatism in the Intercritical Period? A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study According to Anticitrullinated Protein Antibody Status
Sonia Cabrera-Villalba, Julio Ramirez, Georgina Salvador, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, M. Victoria Hernández, José Inciarte-Mundo, José A. Gómez-Puerta, Juan D. Cañete, Raimon Sanmarti
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2014, jrheum.131545; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131545