Defining Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index Cut‐off Values for Disease Activity States in a Multinational European Cohort of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis [PDF]
Objective The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is widely used for assessing disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), particularly in settings where markers of inflammation are unavailable.
Stylianos Georgiadis +23 more
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Multicenter validation of the value of BASFI and BASDAI in Chinese ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy patients [PDF]
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the reliability of Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) and Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI) in Chinese ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (USpA) patients.
Jieruo Gu, Fengmin Shao, Xiaoxia Zuo
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ObjectivesThe Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) has been widely utilized to evaluate disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by an arbitrary cut-off of ≥4 to indicate high disease activity and initiate ...
Yi-Hsing Chen +2 more
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A register-based, epidemiological evaluation of disease activity and functional performance in ankylosing spondyloarthritis patients after multimodal spa therapy in Austria [PDF]
IntroductionEvidence regarding the impact of multimodal treatment on disease activity and functional performance in ankylosing spondyloarthritis (AS) remains scarce.
Kathrin Maria Bogensberger +24 more
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Objetivo Avaliar os resultados da aplicação do Índice de Atividade de Doença da Espondilite Anquilosante de Bath (BASDAI) numa série de pacientes brasileiros com EpA e estabelecer suas correlações com as variáveis específicas do grupo.
Sueli Carneiro
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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]
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 ...
Arends, S. +8 more
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The Pharmacy of the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Policy of the 9th Regional Health Department of the State of Paraná and the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis [PDF]
The objective of this study was to trace the profile of patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis treated at the Pharmacy of the 9th Regional Health Department of Paraná and evaluate the relationship between pharmacological treatment, quality of life and ...
Letycia Longhi Scolaro +2 more
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INTRODUCTION: The indices that are currently used to determine the disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are either patient- or physician-oriented.
Pulin Kumar Gupta +8 more
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Background. Recently, numerous studies have shown that TNFAIP3 gene polymorphisms have been associated with susceptibility to certain autoimmune inflammatory diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and ...
M. Yu. Krylov +3 more
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Objective: to study the dynamics of back pain severity and the frequency of its individual components, characterizing the inflammatory and mechanical rhythm, on the background of gestation in women with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and compare them with ...
O. A. Krichevskaya +7 more
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