Childhood hospitalisation with infections and later development of ankylosing spondylitis: a national case-control study

The role of environmental exposures in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains unclear. In particular, two types of exposures have been suspected to play a role: mechanical stress and infection...

Source: Arthritis Research and Therapy - October 22, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Ulf Lindstr öm, Sofia Exarchou, Elisabeth Lie, Mats Dehlin, Helena Forsblad-d’Elia, Johan Askling and Lennart Jacobsson Source Type: research