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Anna-Birgitte Aga

Department of Rheumatology
Verified email at ous-hf.no
Cited by 1214

Ultrasound in management of rheumatoid arthritis: ARCTIC randomised controlled strategy trial

EA Haavardsholm, AB Aga, IC Olsen, S Lillegraven… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether a treatment strategy based on structured ultrasound
assessment would lead to improved outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis, compared with a …

Time trends in disease activity, response and remission rates in rheumatoid arthritis during the past decade: results from the NOR-DMARD study 2000–2010

AB Aga, E Lie, T Uhlig, IC Olsen, A Wierød… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate whether baseline disease activity levels and responses in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) changed during the period 2000–2010. Methods Data were …

Patients with seronegative RA have more inflammatory activity compared with patients with seropositive RA in an inception cohort of DMARD-naïve patients classified …

LB Nordberg, S Lillegraven, E Lie, AB Aga… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To compare the presentation of seropositive and seronegative early rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-naïve patients classified …

Calprotectin as a marker of inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

MK Jonsson, NP Sundlisæter, HH Nordal… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Calprotectin is an inflammatory marker of interest in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We
evaluated whether the level of calprotectin was associated with disease activity, and if it was …

Comparing the disease course of patients with seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis fulfilling the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria in a treat-to …

LB Nordberg, S Lillegraven, AB Aga, J Sexton… - RMD open, 2018 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives Recent studies suggest that implementation of the 2010 American College of
Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria …

Effect of half-dose vs stable-dose conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on disease flares in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission: the …

S Lillegraven, NP Sundlisæter, AB Aga, J Sexton… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Sustained remission has become an achievable goal for patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic …

Clinical and ultrasound remission after 6 months of treat-to-target therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: associations to future good radiographic and physical outcomes

NP Sundlisæter, AB Aga, IC Olsen… - Annals of the …, 2018 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To explore associations between remission, based on clinical and ultrasound
definitions, and future good radiographic and physical outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis …

Effects of tapering conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs to drug-free remission versus stable treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (ARCTIC …

KE Kjørholt, NP Sundlisæter, AB Aga… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Tapering of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to drug-free
remission is an attractive treatment goal for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, although long …

[HTML][HTML] Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Both Newly Diagnosed and Methotrexate Treated, Show More DNA Methylation Differences in CD4+ Memory Than in CD4+ …

K Guderud, LH Sunde, ST Flåm, MT Mæhlen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Differences in DNA methylation have been reported in B and T lymphocyte
populations, including CD4+ T cells, isolated from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients when …

Value of MRI and ultrasound for prediction of therapeutic response and erosive progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis managed by an aggressive treat …

U Sundin, NP Sundlisater, AB Aga, J Sexton… - RMD open, 2021 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate if inflammation detected by MRI or ultrasound at rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) onset is predictive of erosive progression or poor response to methotrexate …