Clinical characteristics of non-radiographic versus radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in Asia and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in other regions: results of the cross-sectional ASAS-COMOSPA study

• Désirée van der Heijde,
• Yuko Kaneko,
• Clementina López-Medina,
• Atsuo Taniguchi,
• Masato Okada,
• Shigeto Kobayashi,
• Tetsuya Tomita,
• Kazuki Yoshida,
• Yoshinori Komagata,
• Keisuke Ono,
• Gautam A Deshpande,
• Shinya Kaname,
• Shigeyoshi Tsuji,
• Yoshinori Taniguchi,
• Naomi Ichikawa,
• Taku Kawasaki,
• Kazuo Matsui,
• Kurisu Tada,
• Naoho Takizawa,
• Naoto Tamura,
• Sho Fukui,
• Satoshi Kawaai,
• Mitsuhro Morita

Affiliations

Désirée van der Heijde

Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Yuko Kaneko

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Clementina López-Medina

Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin - APHP Centre, Paris, France

Atsuo Taniguchi

Department of Rheumatology, Fukujuji Hospital, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan

Masato Okada

Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St Luke’s International University, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeto Kobayashi

Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan

Tetsuya Tomita

Department of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kazuki Yoshida

Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Yoshinori Komagata

Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Keisuke Ono

Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Gautam A Deshpande

Center for Clinical Epidemiology, St Luke’s International University, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shinya Kaname

Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeyoshi Tsuji

Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan

Yoshinori Taniguchi

Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Naomi Ichikawa

Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Taku Kawasaki

Orthopedics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan

Kazuo Matsui

Department of Rheumatology, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kurisu Tada

Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Naoho Takizawa

Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Naoto Tamura

Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Sho Fukui

Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St Luke’s International University, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Kawaai

Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St Luke’s International University, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuhro Morita

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan