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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]

, 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, Anneke Spoorenberg, Arends, S., Houtman, P.M., Cees G.M. Kallenberg, Leijsma, M.K., Brouwer, E., Reinhard Bos, Elisabeth Brouwer, Kallenberg, C.G., Martha K. Leijsma, Groen, H., Groen, H.; id_orcid, van der Veer, E., Bos, R., Spoorenberg, A., Henk Groen, Suzanne Arends, Pieternella M. Houtman   +18 more
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Diagnosis of Spinal Infection with Alpha-defensin Lateral Flow Test: A Preliminary Report

Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2022
Introduction: The alpha-defensin lateral flow test has been used in periprosthetic joint infection as a diagnostic support tool because of its simplicity and speed. However, the test has not been used to diagnose spinal infections.
Atsuhiro Yoshida, Tsutomu Akazawa, Yoshiaki Torii, Jun Ueno, Masahiro Iinuma, Hisateru Niki   +5 more
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ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To develop evidence based recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) as a combined effort of the `ASsessment in AS' international working group and the European League Against Rheumatism.Methods: Each of the 22 ...
Sieper, J., Sturrock, R.D., Böhm, H., van Royen, B. J., Pavelka, K, Inman, R.D., Burgos-Vargas, R., Géher, P., Collantes, E, Braun, J., Kvien, TK, Davis Jr., J. C., Kvien, T.K., Leirisalo-Repo, M., Stucki, G., Khan, M.A., Geher, P, Davis, JC, Dijkmans, B., Pavelka, K., Sturrock, RD, Davis, J. C., Stucki, G, van der Heijde, D., Kvien, T. K., Zochling, J., Olivieri, I., Dougados, M, Leirisalo-Repro, M, Wendling, D., Dougados, M., Inman, R. D., Burgos-Vargas, R, Sieper, J, Collantes, E., Dijkmans, B, Olivieri, I, Bohm, H, Zo, Khan, MA, van der, LS, van Royen, BJ, Renseigné, Non, van der, HD, Khan, M. A., Wendling, D, Inman, RD, van der Linden, S., Braun, J, Zo,, Géher, R. D. and Khan, Sturrock, R. D.   +51 more
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ASAS/WHO ICF Core Sets for ankylosing spondylitis (AS): how to classify the impact of AS on functioning and health [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To report on the results of a standardised consensus process agreeing on concepts typical and/or relevant when classifying functioning and health in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) based on the International Classification of ...
Stucki, Gerold, van der Horst Bruinsma, I. E., Kostanjsek, Nenad, Maksymowych, W.P., Maksymowych, W., Boonen, A., Braun, J., Bruinsma, I.E.V., Huang, F., Cieza, A., van der Horst Bruinsma, I.E., van der Heijde, D., Bruinsma, I. E. van der Horst, Heijde, D. van der, Cieza, Alarcos, Kostanjsek, N., Huang, Fan, Stucki, G.   +17 more
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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.
Stucki, Gerold, Speich, R., Michel, B. A., Felten, A. von   +3 more
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Ankylosing spondylitis

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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Diagnosis and management of infections related to spinal pain interventions [PDF]

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Although relatively rare, infections related to spinal pain interventions pose significant risks with an increase in the frequency of these procedures.
Sang Cheol Yoon, Eun Joo Choi
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A case of back pain caused by Salmonella spondylitis -A case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010
Salmonella spondylitis is a rare illness, and it generally occurs in patients who have already had sickle cell anemia, and it is even rarer in patients who are without sickle cell anemia.
Yun Suk Choi, Woo-Jin Cho, So-Hui Yun, Seung-Yun Lee, Sang Hyun Park, Jong Cook Park, Eun Hee Jang, Hhe-Young Shin   +7 more
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The Relationship of Body Mass Index with Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Al-Kitab Journal for Pure Sciences, 2022
Find out the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and W.C with disease activity score in AS patients and its association with clinical characteristics of AS.
Raouf R. Merza, Kurdistan M. Ali, Dlair M. Mohamad, Sundus A. Wahhab   +3 more
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Spinal reconstruction with titanium meshes in pediatric patients

Хирургия позвоночника, 2016
Objective. To analyze the results of using titanium meshes for anterior fusion in spinal reconstruction in pediatric patients. Material and Methods. Design: A retrospective cohort study from 2011 to 2014.
Aleksandr Yu. Mushkin, Denis G. Naumov, Valery A. Evseev   +2 more
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