Spondyloarthropathies: How should axial spondyloarthritis be diagnosed?

Affiliations

Comment

Jürgen Braun et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;13(5):264-266.

doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.38. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

¹ Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr University Bochum, Claudiusstrasse 45, 44797, Bochum, Germany.

No abstract available

Comment in

Alternative diagnoses in patients with chronic back pain not diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis: data from the SPACE cohort.
Ez-Zaitouni Z, Landewé RBM, van der Heijde D, van Gaalen FA. Ez-Zaitouni Z, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):e34. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212175. Epub 2017 Aug 22. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018. PMID: 28830880 No abstract available.

Presence of multiple spondyloarthritis (SpA) features is important but not sufficient for a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis: data from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort.
Ez-Zaitouni Z, Bakker PAC, van Lunteren M, Berg IJ, Landewé R, van Oosterhout M, Lorenzin M, van der Heijde D, van Gaalen FA. Ez-Zaitouni Z, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Jun;76(6):1086-1092. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210119. Epub 2017 Jan 6. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017. PMID: 28062405