Axial spondyloarthritis: time to stop the split 10 years on
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The Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis, the Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Tangled Skein of Rheumatology
Since 1984 the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has been based upon the modified New York (mNY) criteria with mandatory presence of radiographic sacroiliitis, without which the diagnosis is not tenable. However, it may take years or decades for radiographic sacroiliitis to develop delaying the diagnosis for long periods. It did not matter in the past because no effective treatment was a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Rheumatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1759-4790,1759-4804
DOI: 10.1038/s41584-019-0331-6