Definition of disease duration in ankylosing spondylitis
β Scribed by Ernst Feldtkeller; Jon Erlendsson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 845 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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## Abstract One hundred fifty war veterans with ankylosing spondylitis were entered into a prospective study in 1947. In 1957, 142 were traced, and they have been reviewed periodically. Eightyβone of these patients were still alive in 1980. Information was obtained from 67 (83%) of the survivors an
Objective. To assess the role of genes and the environment in determining the severity of ankylosing spondylitis. Methods. One hundred seventy-three families with >1 case of ankylosing spondylitis were recruited (120 affected sibling pairs, 26 affected parent-child pairs, 20 families with both firs