Development of an ASAS-endorsed recommendation for the early referral of patients with a suspicion of axial spondyloarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1483-1487

  Poddubnyy, Denis ^a   Van Tubergen, Astrid ^b   Landewé, Robert ^c   Sieper, Joachim ^a   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC BACK PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DACTYLITIS; ENTHESITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS; X RAY; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DELPHI STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; STANDARDS;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES;

EID: 84940398858     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-207151     Document Type: Article

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