Brenner, Philip Citarella, Anna Wingård, Louise Sundström, Anders
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BMC Rheumatology
BackgroundRheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are autoimmune disorders associated with an increased risk for depression, anxiety and sleeping problems. The objective of this study was to analyze use of antidepressants and benzodiazepine-related hypnotics (BRH) in Sweden before and after first time tr...
Voirin-Hertz, Marie Carvajal Alegria, Guillermo Garrigues, Florent Simon, Alexandre Feydy, Antoine Reijnierse, Monique van der Heijde, Désirée Loeuille, Damien Claudepierre, Pascal Marhadour, Thierry
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Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
Scoliosis may impact the mechanical loading and cause secondary changes of the sacroiliac joints and lumbar spine. Our goal was to look how lumbar scoliosis modify the clinical and imaging-study in patients with recent-onset inflammatory back pain (IBP) suggesting axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Baseline weight-bearing lumbar-spine radiographs obt...
Al-Osami, Mohammed Hadi Awadh, Nabaa Ihsan Khalid, Khalid Burhan Awadh, Ammar Ihsan
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Advances in Rheumatology
BackgroundThe neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have the potential to be inflammatory markers that reflect the activity of many inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the NLR and PLR as potential markers of disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.MethodsThe study involved 1...
Sato, Tatsuya Yonezawa, Ikuho Inoue, Hisashi Tada, Kurisu Kobayashi, Shigeto Hayashi, Eri Tamura, Naoto Kaneko, Kazuo
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundStudies on characteristic spinal deformities in Japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and data demonstrating a relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and spinopelvic alignment in these patients are lacking.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 50 patients with AS and without a surgical history, vertebral ...
Bhattacharya, Shruti Misra, Ramnath Aggarwal, Amita
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Pediatric Rheumatology
BackgroundAxial SpA and Enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) patients show strong HLA-B27 association, gut dysbiosis, high toll like receptor (TLR)2 and 4 expression on monocytes, pro-inflammatory cytokine production and elevated levels of TLR4 endogenous ligands [tenascin-c (TNC) and myeloid related protein (MRP)8/14] in serum. Hence, we aimed to un...
Meng, Yichen Ma, Jun Shu, Lun Yin, Jia Gao, Rui Wang, Ce Zhou, Xuhui
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundOsteotomies in the cervical spine are technically challenging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the modified pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) technique at C7 to be used for the treatment of cervicothoracic kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis.MethodsA total of 120 cervical spine computed tomography (...
Al-Osami, Mohammed Hadi Awadh, Nabaa Ihsan Khalid, Khalid Burhan Awadh, Ammar Ihsan
Abstract Background: The neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have the potential to be inflammatory markers that reflect the activity of many inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the NLR and PLR as potential markers of disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Methods: The st...
Castañeda, Santos Vicente-Rabaneda, Esther F García-Castañeda, Noelia Prieto-Peña, Diana Dessein, Patrick H González-Gay, Miguel A
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Expert review of clinical immunology
Introduction: Increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality is observed in inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis. However, the management of CV disease in these conditions is far from being well established.Areas covered: This review summarizes the main epidemiologic...
Ye, Wenling Zhuang, Jing Yu, Yang Li, Hang Leng, Xiaomei Qian, Jun Qin, Yan Chen, Limeng Li, Xue-mei
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BMC Nephrology
BackgroundAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is a well-known male-predominant inflammatory disease. This study aimed to assess the gender disparity in chronic kidney disease (CKD) in AS patients in China.MethodsAS patients were retrospectively studied at Peking Union Medical College hospital between January 2002 and June 2018.ResultsAmong 616 patients wit...
Urkmez, Berna Keskin, Yasar
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Modern rheumatology
Aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a relationship between exercise level and sleep quality in AS patients. In our study, 150 AS patients and 80 healthy controls were included. Physical activity levels of both groups were evaluated using International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-s) short form. Sleep quality of the partic...
