Correspondence on 'Efficacy of a tight-control and treat-to-target strategy in axial spondyloarthritis: results of the open-label, pragmatic, cluster-randomised TICOSPA trial'

Weijie Wang¹, Yung-Heng Lee^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
² Department of senior services industry management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³ Department of Recreation and Sport Management, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Cishan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan jccwei@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Allergy, Immunology & RheumatologyTaiwan, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁷ Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

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Weijie Wang et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Nov.

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. 2023 Nov;82(11):e223.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220938. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

Weijie Wang¹, Yung-Heng Lee^{2

3

4}, James Cheng Chung Wei^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
² Department of senior services industry management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³ Department of Recreation and Sport Management, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Cishan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan jccwei@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Allergy, Immunology & RheumatologyTaiwan, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁷ Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

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Keywords: ankylosing; arthritis; epidemiology; spondylitis.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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