Idiopathic Acquired Hypogammaglobulinaemia with Melanosis, Associated with Sibship Immunoglobulin Abnormalities and Ankylosing Spondylitis

Idiopathic Acquired Hypogammaglobulinaemia with Melanosis, Associated with Sibship Immunoglobulin Abnormalities and Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Urolithiasis in ankylosing spondylitis: Correlation with Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI), Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) and Bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index (BASMI)

Background: Increased incidence of renal stone has been reported in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but unlike some well-known renal involvements, they have not been fully studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of AS with urolithiasis and also the relation between urinary stone and severity markers. Methods: One hundred-sixty three AS patients were included in a cross-s...

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Cardiac Abnormalities

There are a number of systemic diseases with cardiovascular manifestations in which echocardiography plays a valuable role for surveillance and follow-up of anticipated cardiovascular abnormalities. Systemic autoimmune disorders are frequently associated to cardiac involvement such as pericarditis, myocardi-tis, valvular abnormalities or ischemic coronary disease. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is...

ASSOCIATION OF HLA-B27 WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN ISFAHAN, IRAN

Using a standard microcytotoxicity (NIH) technique of tissue typing, the HLA-B27 antigen was identified in 30 out of 34 patients (HH.2%) with classical ankylosing spondylitis (AS), compared to 6 out of 70 controls (H.6%) (P < 0.005). We also found this antigen in 8 out of 76 (10.5%) patients with non-AS arthritis.

Echocardiographic abnormalities in ankylosing spondylitis.

Twenty four patients with ankylosing spondylitis of 10 or more years' duration were assessed for evidence of cardiac disease. Seven patients (29%) had evidence of cardiac disease, including one patient with a pericardial effusion, three with conduction abnormalities, and two with aortic incompetence. Aortic incompetence in one patient was clinically silent and was detected only with Doppler ech...