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  • Title: Spondylarthropathy with distal joint involvement.
    Author: de Saint Pierre V, Saraux A, Lamour A, Valls I, Baron D, Koreichi A, Youinou P, Le Goff P.
    Journal: Scand J Rheumatol; 1996; 25(5):331-3. PubMed ID: 8921928.
    Abstract:
    To study whether the presence of distal joint involvement in spondylarthropathy corresponds to a particular set of the disease, one hundred and twenty six patients with spondylarthropathy were included in a retrospective study. Two groups of patients were defined according to the presence or the absence of distal joint involvement and their clinical, radiological, and biological features were compared. The patients with distal joint involvement had a later onset of spondylarthropathy and showed higher levels of biological markers of inflammation in their peripheral blood. However, no great difference appeared between the two groups of patients. Spondylarthropathy with distal joint involvement cannot be separated from spondylarthropathy without distal joint involvement and appears to be the same disease.
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