Imaging of the sacroiliac joints is important for diagnosing early axial spondyloarthritis but not all-decisive

Imaging of the sacroiliac joints is important for diagnosing early axial spondyloarthritis but not all-decisive

Abstract Objectives To evaluate the contribution of the results of sacroiliac imaging to diagnosis and to the level of confidence in diagnosis in patients presenting with chronic back pain (CBP) and suspected of having axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods Data from 513 patients from the SPondylo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Rheumatology (Oxford, England) England), 2018-07, Vol.57 (7), p.1173-1179
Hauptverfasser: Ez-Zaitouni, Zineb, Landewé, Robert, van Lunteren, Miranda, Bakker, Pauline A, Fagerli, Karen M, Ramonda, Roberta, Jacobsson, Lennart T H, van der Heijde, Désirée, van Gaalen, Floris A
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ankylosing spondylitis
Arthritis
axial spondyloarthritis
classification criteria
clinical diagnosis
Diagnosis
early space cohort
Inflammatory diseases
Magnetic resonance imaging
management
Medical diagnosis
Radiography
Reumatologi och inflammation
Rheumatic diseases
Rheumatology
Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
Sacroiliitis
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Objectives To evaluate the contribution of the results of sacroiliac imaging to diagnosis and to the level of confidence in diagnosis in patients presenting with chronic back pain (CBP) and suspected of having axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods Data from 513 patients from the SPondyloArthritisCaughtEarly cohort with CBP (⩾3 months, ⩽2 years, onset
ISSN:1462-0324
1462-0332
DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/key035