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Academic Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Ben-Artzi A, Tse DB, Attur M, Greenberg JD, Nasir A, Pillinger MH, and Abramson SB.   A Subclass of Peripheral Blood T Cells Demonstrates Increased CD86 Expression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting 2007 [Abstract].

  2. Attur M, Ben-Artzi A, Yang Q, Al-Mussawir H, Worman HJ, Palmer G, Abramson SB.  Perturbation of Nuclear Lamin A is causes cell death in chondrocytes.  Arthritis and Rheumatism 2012 Jun;64(6):1940-9.

  3. Volkmann E, Taylor M, Ben-Artzi A.  Using the antinuclear antibody test to diagnose rheumatic diseases: when does a positive test warrant further investigation?  Southern Medical Journal 2012 Feb;105(2):100-4.

  4. Berman J, Ben-Artzi A, Fisher M, Pillinger M.  A comparison of arthrocentesis teaching tools: cadavers, synthetic joint models, and the relative utility of different education modalities in improving trainees’ comfort with procedures.  Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 2012 June;18(4):175-9.

  5. Taroumian S, Naylor SM, Ben-Artzi A.  Ultrasonographic appearance of thyroid acropachy.  Arthritis and Rheumatism 2012 Sep;64(9):3033.

  6. Ranganath VK, Ben-Artzi A, Duffy E, Brook J, Taylor M, Choi S, Paulus H, Elashoff DA.  Elevated baseline power Doppler discriminates an RA subgroup highly responsive to therapy.  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Dec;54(12):2285-6.

  7. Derry W, Motamedi K, Ben-Artzi A.  Floating Tophi in a Baker Cyst Secondary to Gout: Ultrasound Features and Differential Diagnosis.  Ultrasound Q. 2015 Sep;31(3):189-91.

  8. Ayabe R, Rootman DB, Hwang CJ, Ben-Artzi A, Goldberg R.  Adalimumab as steroid-sparing treatment of inflammatory-stage thyroid eye disease.  Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct;30(5):415-9.

  9. Bruyn GA, Naredo E, Damjanov N, Bachta A, Baudoin P, Hammer HB, Lamers-Karnebeek FB, Moller Parera I, Richards B, Taylor M, Ben-Artzi A, D'Agostino MA, Garrido J, Iagnocco A; Ultrasound Task Force.  An OMERACT reliability exercise of inflammatory and structural abnormalities in patients with knee osteoarthritis using ultrasound assessment.  Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 May;75(5):842-6.

  10. Bauer EM, Ben-Artzi A, Duffy EL, Elashoff DA, Vangala SS, Fitzgerald J Ranganath VK.  Joint Specific Assessment of Swelling and Power Doppler in Obese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.  BMC Musculoskeletal Disord. 2017 Mar 4;18(10):99.

  11. Scheiman-Elazary A, Ben-Artzi A.  The Prevalence of Positive Power Doppler Signal by Musculoskeletal Ultrasound of Hands in Scleroderma Patients.  Harefuah.  2017 July (1)431-432.

  12. Kuo D, Morris NT, Kaeley GS, Ben-Artzi A, Brook J, Elashoff DA, Ranganath VK.  Sentinel joint scoring in rheumatoid arthritis: an individualized power Doppler assessment strategy. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Aug 15.

  13. Morris NT, Brook J, Ben-Artzi A, Martin W, Kermani TA, Avedikian-Tatosyan L, Karpouzas G, Nagam H, Navarro G, Choi S, Taylor MB, Elashoff D, Kaeley GS, Ranganath VK.  Doppler ultrasound impacts response to intravenous tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis patients.  Clin Rheumatology. 2021 Dec;40(12):5055-5065.

  14. Yu Rim Park BS and Ami Ben-Artzi MD.   New Onset of Inflammatory Arthritis Following Moderna COVID-19 Vaccination.  IMAJ 2022; 24: 1–2.

  15. Ben-Artzi A, Horowitz DL, Mandelin AM, Tabechian D.  Best practices for ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy in the United States.  Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology May 30, 2023.

  16. Fan Zhang, multiple authors, Ami Ben-Artzi, et al. Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes.  Nature.  2023. Nov;623(616-624).

  17. Zhi C, Kesselhaut K, Venuturupalli S, Ben-Artzi A.  The Importance of Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy in the Workup of Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis: A Case Report.  Cureus 16(2) Feb 7,2024.

Rheumatology Textbooks

  1. Hochberg et al.  Rheumatology 8th Edition, section 7: Rheumatoid Arthritis: Imaging of rheumatoid arthritis.  Chen Tang, Lindsy Forbess, Ami Ben-Artzi.  Elsevier Publishing, 2021

  2. Ben-Artzi A., Kaeley G., Ranganath V. Ultrasound Scoring of Joint Synovitis.  Springer Nature Publishing.  2020.

  3. Ben-Artzi A.  Chapter 8 – Osteoarthritis.  2006 Year Book of Medicine, pp. 53-55.  Mosby, Inc.  Philadelphia, PA (2006).

Other Publications

  1. Ben-Artzi A, Yorobe MA, Taylor M. Navigating Through the Aches and Pains:  The Utility of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Common Rheumatic Disorders.  UCLA Proceedings.  Volume 14; 2010.

  2. Ben-Artzi, A, Ha, C, Pascal N, Smelko W, Tran T.  International Aid with a Long-term Perspective: Proposed Guidelines for Effective Development through Community Partnerships Based on the Haitian Experience.  Journal of Global Health Perspectives.  April 16, 2012. 

  3. Wieczorek I, Taylor M, Ben-Artzi, A.   Episodic Oligoarthritis: Differential Diagnosis and Review of Available Diagnostic Tools.  UCLA  Proceedings.  Volume 15; 2011.

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