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Does synovial biopsy provide diagnostic value in undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis?
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: STRAP Trial: Biopsy Guided Treatment for RA
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Currently, a synovial biopsy cannot reliably distinguish undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis. Work on this topic is ongoing, and there is reason to hope that biopsy findings may someday provide useful information regarding the pathology and treatment of various types of arthritis.Donlin et al., ...
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Curious what the 53% who rarely send for synovial biopsy are looking for or how they are utilizing them outside of a research setting?
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at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
When clinical findings vs xr other imaging don&rsq...
When clinical findings vs xr other imaging don&rsq...
at Duke University Medical Center
Ah I see, that makes sense (I was initially confus...
Ah I see, that makes sense (I was initially confus...