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Arthritis

New strategies help physicians make early diagnosis of spondyloarthritis

According to recent research from Germany, "The axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) is the most important disease out of the whole group of SPA."

M. Rudwaleit and colleagues, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, wrote, "If a sacroiliitis is clearly detectable by x-rays a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis can be made.

"However, there is still a delay of 5-10 years from the first symptoms until a final diagnosis is made. An important reason for this is the fact that radiological changes are often only detectable after several years of disease, despite the presence of...

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