Referral Patterns, Diagnostic Delay, and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Tertiary Rheumatology Centre in Malaysia: A Retrospective Observational Study

Ezra Zhe Shen Tan, Federic Yiong Poh Kho, Ahmed Shaheed, Jia Min Foo, Farahnurbain Ghazali, Ravinash Ratnam, Woon Shen Teo, Thayalan Ponniah, Fariz Yahya

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DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s618561
Published: 2026-09
Container: International Journal of General Medicine
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@article{allodium:10.2147/ijgm.s618561,
  title = {Referral Patterns, Diagnostic Delay, and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Tertiary Rheumatology Centre in Malaysia: A Retrospective Observational Study},
  author = {Ezra Zhe Shen Tan and Federic Yiong Poh Kho and Ahmed Shaheed and Jia Min Foo and Farahnurbain Ghazali and Ravinash Ratnam and Woon Shen Teo and Thayalan Ponniah and Fariz Yahya},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {International Journal of General Medicine},
  doi = {10.2147/ijgm.s618561},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s618561}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Referral Patterns, Diagnostic Delay, and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Tertiary Rheumatology Centre in Malaysia: A Retrospective Observational Study
AU  - Ezra Zhe Shen Tan
AU  - Federic Yiong Poh Kho
AU  - Ahmed Shaheed
AU  - Jia Min Foo
AU  - Farahnurbain Ghazali
AU  - Ravinash Ratnam
AU  - Woon Shen Teo
AU  - Thayalan Ponniah
AU  - Fariz Yahya
PY  - 2026
JO  - International Journal of General Medicine
DO  - 10.2147/ijgm.s618561
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s618561
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Tan, E. Z. S., Kho, F. Y. P., Shaheed, A., Foo, J. M., Ghazali, F., Ratnam, R., Teo, W. S., Ponniah, T., & Yahya, F. (2026). Referral Patterns, Diagnostic Delay, and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Tertiary Rheumatology Centre in Malaysia: A Retrospective Observational Study. International Journal of General Medicine. https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s618561

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