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Ankylosing spondylitis and sarcoidosis — Coincidence or association? [PDF]

, 1992
We report a 25-year-old woman presenting with sarcoidosis and bilateral sacroiliitis. Her sarcoidosis related symptoms (malaise, cough and dyspnoea) improved dramatically under treatment with steroids but severe back pain persisted.
Felten, A. von, Michel, B. A., Speich, R., Stucki, Gerold   +3 more
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High-dose thalidomide increases the risk of peripheral neuropathy in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis

Neural Regeneration Research, 2015
Thalidomide is an effective drug for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis but might induce peripheral neuropathy. This major adverse reaction has attracted much concern.
Hong-xia Xue, Wen-yi Fu, Hua-dong Cui, Li-li Yang, Ning Zhang, Li-juan Zhao   +5 more
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Randomized controlled trial of adalimumab in patients with nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis [PDF]

, 2015
Objective. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adalimumab in patients with active nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods. ABILITY-2 is an ongoing phase III, multicenter study of adalimumab treatment.
Karunaratne, P Mahinda, Mease, Philip, Pangan, Aileen L, Rahman, Proton, Sieper, Joachim, Van den Bosch, Filip   +5 more
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Awareness, attitude and practice of home based exercise therapy in diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis patients – A descriptive observational study

Journal of Orthopaedic Reports
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis is chronic polyarthritic condition affecting spine and pelvic joints, more prevalent among males than females, appears in early age of 20–40 years. As there are long term symptoms of joint pain, stiffness and functional
Abhijeet Arun Deshmukh, Rashi Budhraja, Maneesha S. Deshpande, Pushpa Dhote   +3 more
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The correlation of ASAS Health Index and scales assessing general health status, disease activity, functional capacity, spinal mobility, and quality of life in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Gülhane Tıp Dergisi
Aims: We aimed to investigate whether the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) correlates with scales assessing overall health status, disease activity, spinal mobility, quality of life, and functional capacity in ...
Muhammed Canbaş, Hasan Elden, Ece Kaptanoğlu   +2 more
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Quantification of paravertebral cross-sectional muscle areas and fatty degeneration and their correlation with clinical parameters in ankylosing spondylitis: a comprehensive analysis [PDF]

ARP Rheumatology
Aims: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the spine and joints. This study aimed to examine the multifidus (MF) and erector spinae (ES) muscles in AS patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to ...
Selçuk Akkaya, Gonca Sağlam Akkaya, Serpil Demirulus, Hanife Baykal Şahin, Gamze Kılıç, Erhan Çapkın, Murat Karkucak   +6 more
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Erectile dysfunction in ankylosing spondylitis patients

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Background Rheumatic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may be associated with sexual dysfunction. Aim To study erectile function of a group of Brazilian AS patients comparing them with controls.
Thiago Santana, Thelma Skare, Vitor Steil Delboni, Juliana Simione, Ana Paula B. Campos, Renato Nisihara   +5 more
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Targeting inflammatory pathways in axial spondyloarthritis. [PDF]

, 2019
The triggers and pathogenesis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are not yet completely understood. However, therapeutic agents targeting tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-17 inflammatory pathways have proven successful in suppressing many of the ...
Furst, Daniel E, Louie, James S
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Quality of life in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in Duhok government, Kurdistan of Iraq

Advanced Medical Journal
Background and objectives: Spondylarthritis is a broad spectrum of chronic inflammatory diseases, and one of its of phenotypes is ankylosing spondylitis.
Nahida Zuber Ali, Muhammed Tahir Rasool   +1 more
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MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis : the many faces of new bone formation [PDF]

, 2019
Spondyloarthritis has two hallmark features: active inflammation and structural lesions with new bone formation. MRI is well suited to assess active inflammation, but there is increasing interest in the role of structural lesions at MRI.
Carron, Philippe, Elewaut, Dirk, Herregods, Nele, Jans, Lennart, Jaremko, Jacob L, Laloo, Frederiek, Van den Bosch, Filip, Verstraete, Koenraad   +7 more
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