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Current differentiation between radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis is of limited benefit for prediction of important clinical outcomes: data from a large, prospective, observational cohort.

Adrian CiureaSeraphina KisslingKristina BürkiXenofon BaraliakosManouk de HoogeMonika HebeisenEleftherios PapagiannoulisPascale ExerRené BrämMichael J NissenBurkhard MöllerDiego KyburzMichael AndorOliver DistlerAlmut SchererRaphael Micheroli
Published in: RMD open (2022)
Patients with r22axSpA are comparable to nr-axSpA patients but differ from patients with more severe sacroiliac damage with regard to treatment effectiveness and spinal radiographic progression. Therefore, current differentiation between nr-axSpA and radiographic disease seems of limited use for outcome prediction.
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