A story on "Internal Medicine News" serves as a good follow-up to our news item from November 29, 2010: "Striking prevalence of Axial Spondyloarthritis in primary care patients with chronic low back pain; a cross-sectional study".

A good summary of the findings of the study, the story states, "Approximately 20% of cases of chronic low back pain in younger adults seen in primary care settings might be caused by spondyloarthritis..."

"The results suggest that spondyloarthritis is underdiagnosed as a cause of chronic back pain in the general population."

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