spondylarthropathy

plural spondylarthropathies

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of spondyloarthropathy.

   They should be used in spondylarthropathy therapy only with great discretion. Sulfasalazine is beneficial occasionally, but usually is not well-tolerated.

   1993, Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases

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   Moreover, patients with asymmetrical sacroiliitis in addition to, for example, a dactylitis or uveitis would be excluded from classification and yet clearly are part of the spondylarthropathy spectrum.

   1998, Andrei Calin, Joel D. Taurog, The Spondylarthritides, Oxford University Press, USA

   Spondylarthropathy (SpA) in children can exist as a discrete clinical entity (e.g. juvenile AS or arthritis associated with psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease), but it is often not well differentiated.

   2009, Richard Watts, Gavin Clunie, Frances Hall, Tarnya Marshall, Oxford Desk Reference: Rheumatology, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 232

   Immunopathologic studies have suggested that the features of spondylarthropathy are distinctive, supporting a prominent role for innate immune cells, and can be consistently differentiated from rheumatoid arthritis.

   2010, Kewal K. Jain, The Handbook of Biomarkers, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 131

   The frequency of destructive spondylarthropathy increases with duration of survival. In patients treated for more than 10 years by hemodialysis, prevalence estimates vary according to centers between 12 and 48%.

   2010, Klaus Olgaard, Isidro B. Salusky, Justin Silver, The Spectrum of Mineral and Bone Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 272