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...

background: ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that leads to a progressive ankylosis of vertebras and ossification of paravertebral ligaments. bone loss and osteoporosis are amongst the important complications of as, treatment of which is a challenging issue. objectives: this study aimed to clarify the effect of alendronate on the prevention of bone loss in patient...

.........................................................................................................iii ENKEL SAMMANFATTNING PÅ SVENSKA ................................................v ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................vii BACKGROUND Ankylosing Spondylitis ................................................................

A Xhosa father and daughter with ankylosing spondylitis are reported. Review of the literature revealed a low incidence of ankylosing spondylitis in Blacks in general, with only isolated reports from the continent of Africa itself. To our knowledge, there has been no documentation of ankylosing spondylitis in a black female, or of ankylosing spondylitis in first-degree Black relatives. The clin...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the activities of serum paraoxonase and arylesterase in patients with ankylosing spondylitis with respect to those of healthy controls, to assess whether these enzyme levels are related to disease activity and functional capacity. METHODS The study included 32 patients with ankylosing spondylitis whose diagnoses were made according to the mo...

BACKGROUND Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disorder which usually begins in early adulthood. The diagnosis is often delayed by many years. MR imaging has become the preferred imaging method for detection of early inflammation of the axial skeleton in ankylosing spondylitis. The goal of this study was to assess the frequency and distribution of abnormalities on whole b...

abstract cerebral  aneurysms  are  the  major  cause  of  subarachnoid  hemorrhage.  common  ascribed  etiologies  are hemodynamic  factors  such  as  atherosclerosis,   hypertension,  infection,  trauma,  polycyctic   kidney  disease, connective tissue disorders like ehlers-danlos disease, marfan syndrome, and familial predisposition. however, its association with ankylosing spondylitis (as) i...

background: the hla class i molecules serve as ligands for both t cell receptors and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (kirs). objective: we investigated the hlac and hla-bw4 alleles as well as kirs expression on cd56 positive lymphocytes to evaluate whether these genes and molecules could influence ankylosing spondylitis (as) susceptibility, alone or in combination. methods: we typed 4...

Identification of several autoantibodies in serum samples from patients with ankylosing spondylitis or suspected ankylosing spondylitis is reported. Five antibodies associated with ankylosing spondylitis were identified by applying cytoimmunofluorescence and immunoblotting techniques to antigen pools from insect tissue. At least one of these antibodies was found in 82% of serum samples from pat...

PURPOSE To translate and adapt the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Methodology Index (BASMI) - a metrological measurement for the assessment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis to Brazilian-Portuguese and to analyze the applicability of the questionnaire. METHODS The Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Methodology Index was achieved through a translation and back-t...