One of the more under-recognized forms of juvenile arthritis is spondyloarthropathy. Patients with this condition very often present with recurrent sprains, frequent tendonitis, and low back pain.

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), if not diagnosed and treated early, often leads to significant morbidity. Unfortunately, diagnosis and implementation of therapy are frequently delayed, in many cases by ...

Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology, the Netherlands Dr J H Ringrose, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, AMC L1–160, PO Box ...

Correspondence to: Dr E Kruithof Department of Rheumatology, OK12IB, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium; elli.kruithofUGent.be Objective: To confirm and extend the ...

We’re not intending to capture all possible patients, but those we think would make the best trial candidates so that we can ...

These children respond quickly to medication. Toxic synovitis should not recur; therefore “recurrent” toxic synovitis should raise the suspicion for an underlying arthritic condition such as juvenile ...

Staying physically active and trip-proofing your home are just a few things that can reduce inflammatory back pain and prevent additional injury.

Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in ...

We analysed whether HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 alleles could associate with these patterns. Methods We studied 100 healthy individuals and 178 patients with SpA according to European ...

Objective To investigate the extent and performance of structural lesions in sacroiliac joints on MRI (MRI-SI) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), chronic back pain, postpartum back pain ...