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  • Abstract Number: 0904 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Data-driven Definitions Based on Inflammatory Lesions for a Positive MRI of the Spine Consistent with Axial Spondyloarthritis

    Walter Maksymowych1, Robert Lambert2, Xenofon Baraliakos3, Susanne Pedersen4, Iris Eshed5, Ulrich Weber6, Pedro Machado7, Manouk de Hooge8, Joachim Sieper9, Stephanie Wichuk2, Denis Poddubnyy10, Martin Rudwaleit11, Robert Landewé12, Désirée van der Heijde13 and Mikkel Ostergaard14, 1Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 3Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, 4Rigshospitalet, Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, 5Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 6Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 7Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 8Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 9Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 10Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, 11University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 12Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands, 13Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, 14Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: The ASAS definition of a positive MRI for inflammation in the spine (ASAS-MRI+) is intended for classification of patients as having axSpA but is…

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