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Sine syndrome occurs in approximately 20 % of psoriatic arthritis cases. From the clinical point of view, it is usually characterized by the presence of dactylitis and arthritis of DIP joints with the absence of skin involvement. HLA Cw6 tends to be prese

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ine Syndromes in Rheumatology

Jozef Rovenský • Manfred Herold Martina Vašáková Editors

Sine Syndromes in Rheumatology

Editors Jozef Rovenský National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases Piešťany Slovakia Institute of Physiotherapy Balneology and Therapeutic Rehabilitation University of Saint Cyril and Methodius Trnava Piešťany Slovakia

Manfred Herold Rheumatology Unit Department of Internal Medicine IV Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck Tirol Austria Martina Vašáková Department of Respiratory Medicine Thomayer University Hospital with Polyclinic First Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

This title has been previously published in Slovak by Slovak Academic Press 2012 ISBN 978-3-7091-1540-4 ISBN 978-3-7091-1541-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1541-1 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

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Preface

Sine syndromes (SSs) represent a problem in clinical medicine, especially if the diagnosis is not determined by pathognomic findings, e.g., identification of microbial pathogens, sodium-monouratic crystals, etc. SSs are topical especially in diseases defined by diagnostic and/or classification criteria, while