2. Patients with other chronic inflammatory articular disease or systemic autoimmune disease, e.g. Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, active rheumatoid vasculitis, a history of systemic diseases associated with arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome (other manifestations of spondyloarthritis such as psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, uveitis are not regarded as exclusion criteria)