Clinical and genetic characteristics of ankylosing spondylitis patients with peripheral arthritis at disease onset.

CONCLUSIONS: Both clinical and genetic factors are associated with the presence of PA at disease onset in Spanish AS patients. The results suggest that this subset of AS patients with PA at disease onset might have differentiation factors involved in disease pathogenesis. PMID: 30299251 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research