O18 Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)—a clinical study from India

Ankylosing spondylitis in North India: a clinical and immunogenetic study.

Fifty-one North Indian patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are described with mean age of onset 21.2 years and male to female ratio of 16:1. AS began with peripheral arthritis in 47%, low back pain in 41%, acute anterior uveitis in 10%, and heel pain in 2% of the patients. 76% of 51 patients had one of the extra-axial features of AS: peripheral arthritis (61%), heel pain (24%), anterior u...

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...

Clinical Features of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatic disease, its cause is yet unknown, a cross-reactivity of antibodies against germs and HLA-B27 is discussed, but not yet proven. Ankylosing spondylitis belongs to the group of seronegative spondyloarthritides (Moll J, Haslock I, Mac Rae IF, Wright V) (Wright V), there is a strong linkage to HLA-B27. Its prevalence lies between 0.1% and 1% with ...

Book: Ankylosing spondylitis, diagnosis and treatment. Chapter 3 Clinical aspects of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Are clinical measures influenced by various ethnic origins in Iranian patients with ankylosing spondylitis?: A pilot study

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may manifest with heterogeneous patterns according to ethnic origins. The objectives of this study were to describe the influence of various Iranian ethnic origins on clinical measures in patients with AS. Methods: 0ne hundred sixty-three AS patients diagnosed by modified New York 1984 criteria were enrolled consecutively in a cross-sectional study. The ...