An epidemiological assessment of lens opacifications that impaired vision in patients injected with radium-224 [PDF]
The incidence of lens opacifications that impaired vision (cataract) was analyzed among 831 patients who were injected with known dosages of 224Ra in Germany shortly after World War II.
Chmelevsky, D. +4 more
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Dysbiosis and zonulin upregulation alter gut epithelial and vascular barriers in patients with ankylosing spondylitis [PDF]
Background: Dysbiosis has been recently demonstrated in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) but its implications in the modulation of intestinal immune responses have never been studied.
Alessandro, Riccardo +13 more
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Conformational Plasticity of HLA-B27 Molecules Correlates Inversely With Efficiency of Negative T Cell Selection [PDF]
The development of autoimmune disorders is incompletely understood. Inefficient thymic T cell selection against self-peptides presented by major histocompatibility antigens (HLA in humans) may contribute to the emergence of auto-reactive effector cells ...
Loll, Bernhard +3 more
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Comparison of Surgical Outcomes of the Posterior and Combined Approaches for Repair of Cervical Fractures in Ankylosing Spondylitis. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. PURPOSE: To evaluate surgical outcomes and complications of cervical spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis (CAS) patients who were treated using either the posterior (P) or combined approach (C).
Ariyawatkul, Thanase +5 more
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Inflammatory bowel disease-specific autoantibodies in HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthropathies: Increased prevalence of ASCA and pANCA [PDF]
Aims: An association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthropathies (SpA) has repeatedly been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether serologic markers of IBD, e. g.
Brumberger, V. +7 more
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Objective. The knowledge of ankylosing spondylitis is rising, and more and more attention is being paid to the diagnosis of this pathology in females.
L. Marin, A. Andrisani
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OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Currently, rheumatologists consider osteoporosis as a complication of ankylosing spondylitis, however, in recent years, it is discussed as a comorbidity but not a complication.
TATIANA A. Raskina +3 more
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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies : a review : part I: classification and differential diagnosis [PDF]
The seronegative spondyloarthropathies comprise a group of non-rheumatoid disorders with similar clinical, laboratory and genetic features. Recognition of new clinical features has supported the notion that they all form part of a clinical spectrum ...
Borg, Andrew A. +2 more
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Role of subclinical gut inflammation in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis [PDF]
Subclinical gut inflammation occurring in patients affected by spondyloarthritis (SpA) is correlated with the severity of spine inflammation. Several evidences indicate that dysbiosis occurs in SpA, and that may modulate intestinal permeability and ...
Ciccia F. +3 more
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BackgroundsCurrent observational investigations hint at a potential linkage between ankylosing spondylitis and cardiovascular wellness. However, the nature of this causality remains to be elucidated.
Pengyu Liu +8 more
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