Comparison of two referral strategies for diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis: The Recognising and Diagnosing Ankylosing Spondylitis Reliably (RADAR) study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1621-1627

  Sieper, Joachim ^a   Srinivasan, Shankar ^b,s   Zamani, Omid ^c   Mielants, Herman ^d   Choquette, Denis ^e   Pavelka, Karel ^f   Loft, Anne Gitte ^g   Géher, Pál ^h   Danda, Debashish ⁱ   Reitblat, Tatiana ^j   Cantini, Fabrizio ^k   Ancuta, Codrina ^l   Erdes, Shandor ^m   Raffayová, Helena ⁿ   Keat, Andrew ^o   Gaston, J S H ^p   Praprotnik, Sonja ^q   Vastesaeger, Nathan ^r  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Rheumazentrum Favoriten   (Austria)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^g LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^j BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^m INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^o NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^r Merck Sharp and Dohme   (Belgium)

^s CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIDOCYCLITIS; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; UVEITIS; VENEZUELA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84883777971     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201777     Document Type: Article

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