[PDF] Top 20 LEVELS OF PENTRAXIN 3 AND RELATIONSHIP WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

... Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflam- matory disease of the sacroiliac joint and vertebral co- ...lumn. Pentraxin (PTX) 3 is an acute phase protein known ... See full document

... Ankylosing spondylitis was associated with a signifi- cantly impaired sleep quality according to the total PSQI scores (p = ...the patients with AS and healthy controls in ... See full document

... role of the IL- -17F gene polymorphisms at positions IL-17F 7383A/G and IL-17F 7488A/G and the IL-17A gene polymor- phisms at position G197A in AS susceptibility and severity for the ... See full document

... Methods: Of 55 patients with AS, 42 were selected consecutively and compared to a control group (CG) in a cross- sectional ...study. Patients with diabetes, indigenous ... See full document

... option and should only be used after conventional treatment has ...concept of axSpA adopted by these recommendations that includes both non-radiographic and radiographic ...mendations 3 to 7 ... See full document

... Methods: Of 55 patients with AS, 42 were selected consecutively and compared to a control group (CG) in a cross- sectional ...study. Patients with diabetes, indigenous ... See full document

... ultrasonography) of 36 SpA patients were compared with controls. The IMT in SpA patients was associated with inlammatory markers, like erythrocyte sedimenta- tion rate (ESR), ... See full document

... Twenty-nine patients with AS were enrolled in this prospective observational ...mean disease duration was 48.6±74.7 months. HLAB27 was found in 17 ...(58.6%) of patients. ... See full document

... sexual activity of patients with ankylosing spondylitis, correlating it with disease activity and functional ...indices. Patients and ... See full document

... Introduction: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inlammatory disease that affects the axial skeletal system, causing pain and functional ...impact of AS on patient’s life, ... See full document

... Ankylosing spondylitis is an inlammatory condition which causes restriction in the lung function due to column joint alterations leading to postural dysfunction and thoracic ...objective ... See full document

... Table 3 illustrates the comparison between males and females in the study ...Females with AS had a significantly lower weight, height and BMI as compared with males ...matched ... See full document

... Dkk-1 levels were lower (P > 0.05) and sclerostin levels were significantly lower (P < ...0.05) in the AS patients than in the controls. Dkk-1 and sclerostin le - ... See full document

... study of 55 SpA patients with axial disease. Clinical and epidemiological data were collected from the ...(Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity ... See full document

... characteristics and cardiovascular and labo ratory parameters of the AS patients and healthy controls are shown in Table ...AS patients and ...(53.7%) and 22 ... See full document

... total of 19 articles were included addressing the following diseases: 7 syste- mic lupus erythematosus, 6 Behçet disease, 4 ankylosing spondylitis, 2 rheumatoid ar- thritis, 2 dermatomyositis ... See full document

... fatigue and muscle weakness in knee extensor and flexor muscle groups in AS patients compared to the control ...Rehabilitation of the muscle weakness and fatigue is ... See full document

... flexion, in- termalleolar distance, chest expansion, pulmonary function testing (PFT), and the medical outcomes study-short form-36 health survey ...effects of the treatment on quality of ... See full document

... vaspin levels. They found an independent association between serum vaspin levels and intima-media ...artery disease (28). Endothelial dysfunction is one of the first signs of ... See full document

... analysis of the data was performed using SPSS for Windows ...distribution of the continuous ...± and standard deviation or me dian (minimum – maximum) whereas categorical variables were presented as ... See full document