How to screen for axial spondyloarthritis in primary care?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-362

  Sieper, Joachim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; axial spondyloarthritis; primary care; screening parameters

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SCREENING; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84862155112     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328352e0ee     Document Type: Review

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