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Appropriate use of the EULAR definition of arthralgia suspicious for progression to rheumatoid arthritis
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We thank Mankia et al1 for their interest in the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) definition of arthralgia suspicious for progression to rheumatoid arthritis (RA).2 The authors agree with the taskforce that derivation of criteria for imminent RA is an ambitious next step and that such criteria will probably consist of a combination of clinical, serological and imaging biomarkers.1 In this light we appreciate the work the authors have done to identify serological and imaging markers that are predictive in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive arthralgia.
While studies on blood and imaging markers in arthralgia are relatively frequent, only few studies have addressed the symptoms and …