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Spondyloarthropathies in Japan: nationwide questionnaire survey performed by the Japan Ankylosing Spondylitis Society.

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2001

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Sinsuke Hukuda, Michio Minami, Terunobu Saito, Hiroshi Mitsui, Nobuo Matsui, Yoshio Komatsubara, Hirofumi Makino, Taiho Shibata, Masao Shingu, Takashi Sakou,
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Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of SpA in Japanese were estimated to be less than 1/10 and 1/200, respectively, of those among Caucasians. The adaptability of the Amor and ESSG criteria was validated for the Japanese population.