Patients who are diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis after referral to a rheumatologist for chronic back pain most often keep that diagnosis, providing good reason to refer patients early.
There is a large diagnostic delay for people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). In 2008, the SPACE cohort started to assess the prevalence of axSpA – and the reliability of an early diagnosis in people with chronic back pain (CBP).
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