TY - JOUR T1 - Dr. Owada, <em>et al</em>, reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 92 LP - 92 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.121243 VL - 40 IS - 1 AU - TAKAYOSHI OWADA AU - REIKA MAEZAWA AU - KAZUHIRO KURASAWA Y1 - 2013/01/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/40/1/92.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We thank Dr. Pipitone, et al for their interest1 in our article2. Pipitone, et al reported high sensitivity of active myositis by 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging3 compared with that in our study, when they defined active myositis based on the ratio of standardized uptake values of proximal muscles to that of the liver. Moreover, they reported that the … Address correspondence to Dr. K. Kurasawa, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan. E-mail: kurasawa{at}dokkyomed.ac.jp ER -