Désirée van der Heijde, Anna Molto, Sofia Ramiro, Jürgen Braun, Maxime Dougados, Floris A van Gaalen, Lianne S Gensler, Robert D Inman, Robert B M Landewé, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Andri Phoka, Denis Poddubnyy, Mikhail Protopopov, John Reveille, Martin Rudwaleit, Percival Sampaio-Barros, Alexandre Sepriano, Joachim Sieper, Filip E Van den Bosch, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma, Pedro M Machado, Xenofon Baraliakos
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the historic term used for decades for the HLA-B27-associated inflammatory disease affecting mainly the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) and spine. Classification criteria for AS have radiographic sacroiliitis as a dominant characteristic. However, with the availability of MRI of SIJ, it could be demonstrated that the disease starts long before definite SIJ changes become visible on radiographs. The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society, representing a worldwide group of experts reached consensus on changes in the nomenclature pertaining to axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), such as the terminology of diagnosis and of assessment of disease activity tools...
April 11, 2024: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases