PMID- 1561402
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920513
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 0889-857X (Print)
IS  - 0889-857X (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
DP  - 1992 Feb
TI  - Undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies.
PG  - 187-202
AB  - The term undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA) refers to patients with 
      clinical and roentgenographic features suggestive of spondyloarthropathies but 
      not fulfilling the diagnostic or classification criteria for any of the currently 
      established disease categories. The frequency and clinical spectrum of uSpA have 
      been ignored in previous epidemiologic and clinical studies. A generally accepted 
      nosologic concept and definition of uSpA may be needed to overcome this issue. So 
      far the recently developed ESSG criteria have the broadest basis of consent, at 
      least for several European centers. With the use of the ESSG classification 
      criteria the real prevalence may be better defined in the future and the early 
      classification of such patients in clinical practice should be advanced. 
      Nevertheless, the diagnosis of uSpA is only a working label with the implicit 
      demand to solve the clinical conundra by follow-up or even better by identifying 
      the causative or triggering infectious agents.
FAU - Zeidler, H
AU  - Zeidler H
AD  - Medical School Hanover, Germany.
FAU - Mau, W
AU  - Mau W
FAU - Khan, M A
AU  - Khan MA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Rheum Dis Clin North Am
JT  - Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America
JID - 8708093
RN  - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal)
RN  - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - *Spinal Diseases/diagnosis/genetics/physiopathology
MH  - Terminology as Topic
RF  - 86
EDAT- 1992/02/01 00:00
MHDA- 1992/02/01 00:01
CRDT- 1992/02/01 00:00
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1992 Feb;18(1):187-202.