epidemiologic methods and spondylarthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 1609 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
The Incidence Rate of Spondyloarthritis in Slovenia
Natasa Potocnik Pucelj¹, Alojzija Hočevar¹, Rok Jese¹, Ziga Rotar² and Matija Tomšič³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²BioRx.si, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritides (SpA) are heterogeneous group of inflammatory diseases, affecting both, axial and peripheral skeleton. Incidence studies in SpA are sparse. There is no data…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Specificity of Spinal Pain Features in Assessment and Classification of Spondyloarthritis
Sjef Van Der Linden¹, Heinz Baumberger² and Muhammad Asim Khan³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²N.A., Swiss Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient Society, 7017 Flims Dorf, Switzerland, ³Medicine/ Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Classification criteria lacking specificity cause inclusion of many false positives in settings with low prevalence of disease. The ASAS axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) criteria have…

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