We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Presence of ultrasound subclinical synovitis and increment of serum vascular endothelial growth factor in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis achieved in sustained clinical remission by treatment with adalimumab and methotrexate.
- Authors
Kawashiri, Shin-ya; Arima, Kazuhiko; Suzuki, Takahisa; Nakashima, Yoshikazu; Horai, Yoshiro; Okada, Akitomo; Tamai, Mami; Nakamura, Hideki; Kawakami, Atsushi
- Abstract
A 63-year-old male Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient, in whom treatment with infliximab and methotrexate (MTX) had once led to drug-free remission, experienced a disease flare in July 2010. He was retreated with a combination of adalimumab and MTX, and clinical remission was achieved in 3 months. In contrast, power Doppler signals by ultrasonography with increased serum vascular endothelial growth factor still remained after he achieved sustained clinical remission, whereas no radiographic progression has been found.
- Subjects
SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIAL membrane diseases; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; RHEUMATOID arthritis; METHOTREXATE
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 4, p681
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/14397595.2013.874736