[Identification of patients with axial spondylarthritis in primary care (AWARE study)].
CONCLUSION: Although the study design used here led to a preselection and thus to a bias in the statistical evaluation, the study confirmed the benefit of the AWARE criteria for the early detection of patients with axSpA. In further studies, the 2‑stage approach with initially 3 clinical questions and then an optional HLA-B27 test is currently being investigated further.
PMID: 31375960 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Braun J, Mosch T, Fischer I, Kiltz U Tags: Z Rheumatol Source Type: research
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