Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Research News and Information

Monday, March 22, 2010

Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: standard clinical protocols may omit inflammatory lesions in thoracic vertebrae.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Radiologic assessment of spinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) relies primarily on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although little is known about the distribution of inflammatory lesions within the structures ... Read more...

[Long-term investigation of the risk of malignant diseases following intravenous radium-224 treatment for ankylosing spondylitis]

10 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In German-speaking countries, the intravenous treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with radium-224 ((224)Ra) was common between the late 1940s and 2005. In this long-term investigation, the risk of malignant diseases ... Read more...

Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: the patient's perspective.

30 Aug 2009 Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a potentially debilitating chronic condition that necessitates a biopsychosocial approach for successful long-term management. However, the psychosocial consequences of AS are not well understood. In this study ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spondylitis, Ankylosing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Decreased clinical response to adalimumab in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with antibody formation. 30 Oct 2009
• Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: standard clinical protocols may omit inflammatory lesions in thoracic vertebrae. 13 Sep 2009
• [Long-term investigation of the risk of malignant diseases following intravenous radium-224 treatment for ankylosing spondylitis] 10 Sep 2009
• [Missions of nurses in rheumatology] 30 Aug 2009
• [Prevalent joint pathologies] 30 Aug 2009
• Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: the patient's perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction is key to autoimmune disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Ankylosing spondylitis susceptibility and severity--contribution of TNF gene promoter polymorphisms at positions -238 and -308. 30 Aug 2009
• HLA-B27 and HLA-B51 determination in Tunisian healthy subjects and patients with suspected ankylosing spondylitis and Behçet's disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Determinants of sleep problems in patients with spondyloarthropathy. 30 Aug 2009
• 'It's magic stuff': the experiences of patients with ankylosing spondylitis taking anti-TNF-alpha medication. 30 Aug 2009
• TNF alpha inhibition as treatment modality for certain rheumatologic and gastrointestinal diseases. 30 Aug 2009
• Shared familial aggregation of susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. 30 Aug 2009
• Imaging characteristics of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with an emphasis on acute spinal fractures: review. 30 Aug 2009
• Golimumab. 30 Aug 2009
• Improvement in hemoglobin levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with infliximab. 13 Aug 2009
• [Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for treatment of ankylosing spondylitis] 8 Aug 2009
• New drug information: Simponi. 30 Jul 2009
• Abdominal pain in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis under treatment with infliximab. 30 Jul 2009
• Proposal for levels of evidence schema for validation of a soluble biomarker reflecting damage endpoints in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis, and recommendations for study design. 30 Jul 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Spondylitis, Ankylosing'

Definition: A chronic inflammatory condition affecting the axial joints, such as the SACROILIAC JOINT and other intervertebral or costovertebral joints. It occurs predominantly in young males and is characterized by pain and stiffness of joints (ANKYLOSIS) with inflammation at tendon insertions.

Descriptor UI: D013167

Alternative terms: Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Bechterew Disease; Spondylarthritis Ankylopoietica; Marie-Struempell Disease; Marie Struempell Disease; Rheumatoid Spondylitis; Spondylitis, Rheumatoid; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Bechterew's Disease; Bechterews Disease;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C05.116.900.853.625.800.850; C05.550.069.680; C05.550.114.865.800.850;

Technical Notes: coordinate with specific vertebra