Goodbye to the term 'ankylosing spondylitis', hello 'axial spondyloarthritis': time to embrace the ASAS-defined nomenclature.
van der Heijde D, Molto A, Ramiro S, Braun J, Dougados M, van Gaalen FA, Gensler LS, Inman RD, Landewé RBM, Marzo-Ortega H, Navarro-Compán V, Phoka A, Poddubnyy D, Protopopov M, Reveille J, Rudwaleit M, Sampaio-Barros P, Sepriano A, Sieper J, Van den Bosch FE, van der Horst-Bruinsma I, Machado PM, Baraliakos X.
van der Heijde D, et al.
Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Apr 11;83(5):547-549. doi: 10.1136/ard-2023-225185.
Ann Rheum Dis. 2024.
PMID: 38071514
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. ...
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the historic term used for decades for the HLA-B27-associated inflammatory disease affecting mainly th …