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Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Mendelian Randomization

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2022
Background: It remains uncertain whether ankylosing spondylitis is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate the correlation between ankylosing spondylitis and lung cancer based on ...
Yiyuan Ao   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ankylosing Spondylitis

open access: yesJournal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research, 2021
The seronegative spondyloarthropathies are a group of autoimmune inflammatory diseases lacking rheumatoid factor or antinuclear antibody in their serum. They include ankylosing spondylitis (AS), reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondylitis associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies ...
Nazanin Ebrahimiadib   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A comparison of three methods to generate a conceptual understanding of a disease based on the patients’ perspective

open access: yesJournal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2017
Background The Food and Drug Administration patient-reported outcome (PRO) guidance provides standards for PRO development, but these standards bring scientific and logistical challenges which can result in a lengthy and expensive instrument development ...
Louise Humphrey   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomarkers of response to therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the spine which leads to progressive spinal fusion and deformity. With improvements in MRI, this condition is now being recognized earlier.
Pathan, Ejaz Mohammed Ishaq
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in ankylosing spondylitis patients

open access: yesClinics, 2010
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the activities of serum paraoxonase and arylesterase in patients with ankylosing spondylitis with respect to those of healthy controls, to assess whether these enzyme levels are related to disease ...
Fazile Hatipoglu Erdem   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent clinical efficacy and safety of anti-tumour necrosis factor \textgreeka therapy with infliximab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis over 5 years: evidence for different types of response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background: There is insufficient evidence for the long-term efficacy and safety of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Baraliakos, X.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Discovery of fecal microbial signatures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of the gut microbiota in Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and healthy controls in Quanzhou aiming to explore the correlation between microbiome changes and AS activities.
Yuquan You   +6 more
doaj  

Whole body MR imaging in ankylosing spondylitis: a descriptive pilot study in patients with suspected early and active confirmed ankylosing spondylitis

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2007
Background Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disorder which usually begins in early adulthood. The diagnosis is often delayed by many years.
Hodler Juerg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of three years of TNF alpha blocking therapy on markers of bone turnover and their predictive value for treatment discontinuation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective longitudinal observational cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three years of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) blocking therapy on bone turnover as well as to analyze the predictive value of early changes in bone turnover markers (BTM) for ...
Eveline van der Veer   +18 more
core   +2 more sources

Quantitative metagenomics reveals unique gut microbiome biomarkers in ankylosing spondylitis

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2017
Background The assessment and characterization of the gut microbiome has become a focus of research in the area of human autoimmune diseases. Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease and evidence showed that ankylosing spondylitis may
Chengping Wen   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

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