PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Siwat Kiratiseavee
AU  - Lawrence H. Brent
TI  - Spondyloarthropathies: Using presentation to make the diagnosis
DP  - 2004 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 184--206
VI  - 71
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/3/184.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/3/184.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Mar 01; 71
AB  - Diagnosing the spondyloarthropathies—chronic inflammatory diseases of the spine and peripheral joints that share several distinctive features—is challenging and depends on careful evaluation of the history, physical examination, and radiographs. The recent use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors is exciting and may represent true disease-modifying drugs for these conditions.