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Recognising Inflammatory Back Pain

Pfizer

Referral Strategies for Early Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis

Martin Rudwalett Joachim Sleper

Sensitivity and Specificity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Axial Spondyloarthritis

Ulrich Weber, MD, Walter P. Maksymowych, MD

Diagnosing spondyloarthritis (SpA) early in young patients with inflammatory back pain and normal findings on radiographs of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) remains a challenge in routine practice. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as the most sensitive imaging modality for…

Structural Bone Changes in Spondyloarthritis: Mechanisms, Clinical Impact and Therapeutic Considerations

Georg Schett, MD

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an inflammatory disease of the spine, the peripheral joints and the entheses and shares some clinical features with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Chronic inflammation of musculoskeletal structures leads to disease symptoms such as pain and stiffness and structural…