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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2010 Ankylosing spondylitis belongs to a group of rheumatic diseases known as the spondyloarthropathies (SpA), which show a strong association with the genetic marker HLA-B27. Inflammatory back pain and stiffness are prominent early in the disease, whereas chronic, aggressive disease may produce pain and marked axial immobility or deformity. Modern medicine
Jeanette, Wolf, Peter, Fasching
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Quantitative metagenomics reveals unique gut microbiome biomarkers in ankylosing spondylitis
Genome 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
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Common MIR146A Polymorphisms in Chinese Ankylosing Spondylitis Subjects and Controls. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Common polymorphisms of microRNA gene MIR146A were reported as associated with different autoimmune diseases, include systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis, asthma and ankylosing spondylitis.
Zhenmin Niu +5 more
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HMG-Coenzyme A Reductase as a Drug Target for the Prevention of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Statins are an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR). Growing evidence indicates that statins may have an anti-inflammatory effect.
Zhenyu Zhong +8 more
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Interrater Reliability of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Performance Index in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis. [PDF]
Musculoskeletal CareABSTRACT Introduction In recent years, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Performance Index (ASPI) has emerged as a new objective measure of physical function in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). So far, only the relative interrater reliability of the ASPI test has been reported, but the absolute interrater reliability remains to be investigated ...
Rasmussen CA +3 more
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Clinical study of patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2006 Object : This study is designed in order to evaluate oriental medical treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. Methods : The authors observed patient by ROM & VAS for operated acupuncture treatment, herbal medicine treatment and physiotherapy Conclusion :
Lee Jae-Min, Hong Kwon-eui
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Bilateral Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Heads in Ankylosing Spondylitis Requiring Staged Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic immune‐mediated inflammatory arthropathy primarily affecting the axial skeleton but may involve peripheral joints, particularly the hips. Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head represents a severe, underrecognized complication whose pathogenesis in AS is multifactorial—encompassing disease ...
Shah SS +5 more
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Clinics, 2007 PURPOSE: To translate and adapt the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Methodology Index (BASMI) - a metrological measurement for the assessment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis to Brazilian-Portuguese and to analyze the applicability of the ...
Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo +3 more
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Moyamoya disease associated with ankylosing spondylitis in a 9-year-old child: a case report
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal, 2017 Background Ankylosing spondylitis was reported to associate with an increased risk of cerebrovascular diseases. In this article, we aimed to report the first case of ankylosing spondylitis associated with moyamoya disease treated with encephalo ...
Fan Yang, Peicong Ge, Xun Ye
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