ASAS modification of the Berlin algorithm for diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: Results from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE)-cohort and from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)-cohort

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1646-1653

  Van Den Berg, Rosaline ^a   De Hooge, Manouk ^a   Rudwaleit, Martin ^b   Sieper, Joachim ^b   Van Gaalen, Floris ^a   Reijnierse, Monique ^a   Landewé, Robert ^c   Huizinga, Tom ^a   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; BERLIN ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS CAUGHT EARLY; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883802871     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201884     Document Type: Article

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