Clinical History as a Screening Test for Ankylosing Spondylitis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 24, 1977, Pages 2613-2614

  Calin, Andrei ^a   Porta, Jean ^a   Fries, James F ^a   Schurman, David J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; METHODS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017710251     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270510035017     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Calin A, Fries JF: The striking prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in “healthy” W27 positive males and females: A controlled study. N Engl J Med 293:835-839, 1975.
2. Cohen LM, Mittal KK, Schmid RD, et al: Increased risk for spondylitis stigmata in apparently healthy HLA-W27 men. Ann Intern Med 84:1-7, 1976.
3. Bennett PHJ, Burch TA: New York Symposium on population studies in the rheumatic diseases: New diagnostic criteria. Bull Rheum Dis 17:453-458, 1967.