Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and extra-articular manifestations in everyday rheumatology practice [PDF]
The SpAs are a group of overlapping, chronic, inflammatory rheumatic diseases including AS, a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the SI joints.
Elewaut, Dirk, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco
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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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Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases in light of ACR/EULAR guidelines
In the past years, ultrasound imaging has become an integral element of the diagnostic process in rheumatic diseases. It enables the identification of a range of inflammatory changes in joint cavities, sheaths and bursae, and allows their activity to ...
Mateusz Płaza +3 more
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Histopathology of the gut in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
The gastrointestinal tract regulates the trafficking of macromolecules between the environment and the host through an epithelial barrier mechanism and is an important part of the immune system controlling the equilibrium between tolerance and immunity ...
Ciccia F. +4 more
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Enthesopathies and enthesitis. Part 1. Etiopathogenesis
The pathologies of tendon and ligament attachments are called enthesopathies. One of its types is enthesitis which is a characteristic sign of peripheral spondyloarthropathy.
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska +3 more
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Gender and Spondyloarthropathy-Associated Uveitis
Spondyloarthropathies encompass a group of inflammatory diseases with arthritis and other features such as enthesitis and dermatologic and gastrointestinal involvement.
Wendy M. Smith
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Is Exercise Beneficial in Patients with Low Back Pain? - A Cochrane Review Summary with Commentary
The aim of this commentary is to discuss from a rehabilitation perspective the Cochrane Review "Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain" (1) by Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Malmivaara A and van Tulder MW [1] published by Cochrane Musculoskeletal ...
Frane Grubišić
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On the differential diagnosis of vertebral ankyloses in paleoanthropological material: an example of the Early Iron Age case from the Lower Kama region [PDF]
Differentiating various pathological conditions involving the spine, particularly those leading to vertebral ankylosis, is a challenging task both in paleopathology and clinical practice.
Kufterin V.V., Karapetian M.K.
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Scotland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS) – Protocol [PDF]
Funding SIRAS was funded by unrestricted grants from Pfizer and AbbVie. The project was reviewed by both companies, during the award process, for Scientific merit, to ensure that the design did not compromise patient safety, and to assess the global ...
Dean, Linda E +10 more
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Imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Part I: Classifications and radiographs
Juvenile spondyloarthropathies are manifested mainly by symptoms of peripheral arthritis and enthesitis. By contrast with adults, children rarely present with sacroiliitis and spondylitis.
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska +6 more
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