Fibromyalgia in Spondyloarthritis: Effect on Disease Activity Assessment in Clinical Practice.
CONCLUSION: FM is a frequent comorbidity in patients with SpA, especially in peripheral forms. In patients with SpA-FM, disease activity may be overestimated when measured by BASDAI and to a lesser extent by ASDAS-CRP, and this overestimation could lead to inappropriate treatment escalation.
PMID: 27633820 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Rheumatol - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Wach J, Letroublon MC, Coury F, Tebib JG Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research
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