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Comparison of swollen joints number with both US gray scale and US power Doppler at the three visits. At start of the study, mean and standard deviation of swollen joint count (7.17 ± 2.60), US-gray scale (16.43 ± 4.40) and of US-power Doppler (14.83 ± 4.59) with P = (0.001). At 6 months (mean and standard deviation of swollen joint count (5.57 ± 2.90), US-gray scale (11.50 ± 5.72) and of US-power Doppler (11.10 ± 6.15) with P = (0.001). At 12 months (mean and standard deviation of swollen joint count (5.23 ± 3.23), US-gray scale (12.53 ± 5.11) and of US-power Doppler (11.63 ± 5.21) with P = (0.001)
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