Defining an optimal referral strategy for patients with a suspicion of axial spondyloarthritis: what is really important? Response to: 'Evaluating the ASAS recommendations for early referral of axial spondyloarthritis in patients with chronic low back pain; is one parameter present sufficient for primary care practice?' by van Hoeven et al.
Campus Benjamin Franklin, Med. Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Denis
D
Poddubnyy
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Astrid
A
van Tubergen
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center,, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert
R
Landewé
Campus Benjamin Franklin, Med. Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Joachim
J
Sieper
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Désirée
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-158X
D
van der Heijde
D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000175:diagnosis*
Disease Activity; Spondyloarthritis; Treatment