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February 2023 THE AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS CONTINUUMFeaturing: Eric M. Ruderman, MD
Episode SummaryAxial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease characterized by inflammatory low back pain, inflammation in peripheral joints and entheses, and other extra-articular or systemic manifestations. Although understanding of the natural history of axSpA has been limited by incomplete knowledge of disease pathogenesis, axSpA is increasingly understood as a spectrum of axial, peripheral and extra-articular inflammatory conditions that includes non-radiographic axSpA and radiographic axSpA, also known as ankylosing spondylitis.
In this Better Edge podcast episode, Eric Ruderman, MD, associate chief and professor of Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine, discusses this axSpA continuum. He highlights the spectrum of clinical manifestations, factors known to influence the development and progression of axSpA, reasons for and implications of diagnostic delay, as well as current and emerging therapeutics. |
Eric M. Ruderman, MD, is associate chief and professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine.
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