Incidence and prevalence of axial spondyloarthritis: methodologic challenges and gaps in the literature.

CONCLUSIONS: There is an unmet need for future studies to use consistent methodology, capture all relevant information (including HLA-B27 positivity), and investigate under-reported populations (e.g. nr-axSpA; southern hemisphere countries) to estimate the population burden of axSpA. Future studies should aim to address data gaps to provide accurate incidence/prevalence estimates for the global axSpA population. PMID: 29148402 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research