Validity of ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 369-376

  Lindstrom U ^a   Exarchou, S ^b   Sigurdardottir, V ^c   Sundstrom B ^d   Askling, J ^e   Eriksson, J K ^e   Forsblad Delia, H ^a   Turesson, C ^b   Kristensen, L E ^b,f   Jacobsson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DACTYLITIS; ENTHESOPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-8; ICD-9; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIITIS; SPINE MOBILITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; INCIDENCE; REGISTER; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL CODING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943258095     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2015.1010572     Document Type: Article

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