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Increased occurrence of spinal fractures related to ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective 22-year cohort study in 17,764 patients from a national registry in Sweden

BACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a rheumatoid disease leading to progressive ossification of the spinal column. Patients suffering from AS are highly susceptible to unstable vertebral fractures and often require surgical stabilisation due to long lever arms. Medical treatment of these pati...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Yohan, Sandén, Bengt, Olerud, Claes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23294597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-2