Ankylosing spondylitis confers substantially increased risk of clinical spine fractures: a nationwide case-control study.
UNLABELLED: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) leads to osteopenia/osteoporosis and spine rigidity. We conducted a case-control study and found that AS-affected patients have a 5-fold and 50 % increased risk of clinical spine and all clinical fractures, respectively. Excess risk of both is highest in the f...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag London Ltd
2015
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