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    will be more dependent on +2373ARG than on +2035CRG, as this latter SNP was discordant in haplotype 5.This study confirms the association of common SNPs in the DNASE I gene with SLE, although it fails to show a correlation with low DNase I activity or production of antinuclear antibodies in patients' sera.Therefore, other mechanisms should be explored to explain the SLE susceptibility related to DNASE I variation and the low DNase I activity observed in most patients.
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    Ankylosing spondylitis is apparently rare among Japanese and it is known that this disease is commoner in males than in females. The male to female ratio among general ankylosing spondylitis is 4.5:1. The cardiac conduction abnormalities, aortic insufficiency and mitral insufficiency are sometimes associated with this disease. We analysed the influence of sex on the development of these cardiac complications using 95 reported cases of ankylosing spondylitis including our case. Among the ankylosing spondylitis patients who were accompanied with cardiac complication, 99% were male. This frequency is significantly high compared with that found in general ankylosing spondylitis (p less than 0.0001). The cardiac complication associated with this disease seems to be characteristic for males. This sex difference is useful for differential diagnosis from various diseases which accompany these cardiac complications. The mechanism of sex influence on the cardiac complication of ankylosing spondylitis was also discussed.
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    Objective:To explore the role of Platelet parameters(PLT、MPV) in activity ankylosing spondylitis,Discusses the mechanism and clinical value.Methods:by the whole blood cells analyser and immunology detection methods,detected the Venous blood platelets parameter(PLT、MPV)and CRP of 53 cases activity ankylosing spondylitis and 39 cases Health group,And do statistical analysis.Results:the CRP and PLT of activity ankylosing spondylitis are Significantly higher than health group,MPV significantly smaller than healthy group(P =0.000,P0.05),there is positively correlated between PLT and CRP(r=0.421,P0.05),MPV and CRP(r=-0.325,P0.05),negative correlation exists.Conclusion:Platelet parameters(PLT,MPV)have relations with the activity ankylosing spondylitis disease,Can be used as a reaction index condition monitoring.And as the same important role of CRP.
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    To establish the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), 79 AS patients underwent detailed medical screening, including sigmoidoscopic and roentgenological examination, 48 had gastrointestinal symptoms and the others did not. In 3 patients a diagnosis of Crohn's disease was made which was previously established. In all other patients inflammatory bowel disease could be excluded. The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in this series of patients with AS therefore was 3.8%.
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    Outcome measurement in spondylarthritis, particularly ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has been a rapidly growing field over the last decade, with enormous progress being made in patient-reported outcomes, clinical assessments, physical measurements and composite scoring of disease state, and response to treatment. Many of these advances arose out of need, when anti–tumor necrosis factor therapies were found to have a role in the treatment of AS patients and therefore required appropriate clinical assessment. The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) was first formed in 1995 as a group of clinicians and methodologists with a shared interest in outcome measurement in AS patients, and has grown to incorporate early diagnosis, classification, development and validation of outcome measures, and evaluation of therapeutic modalities. The instruments reviewed here include those recommended in the ASAS core sets for clinical record keeping (in daily clinical practice) and for clinical research, as over time these have been extensively validated and implemented across different clinical settings. The core sets describe those health-related domains that should be measured in AS patients in different settings, and recommend appropriate instruments that can be used for that domain. Additional measures included are the AS Quality of Life scale and the Health Assessment Questionnaire for the Spondylarthropathies, which cover health domains not included in the original core sets but have been shown to be important to AS patients through the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health projects (1). Finally, the AS Disease Activity Score has also been presented, as an alternative to the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, as one of the newest measures constructed to assess disease activity.
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    The Oswestry Disability Index is considered the gold standard in the evaluation of disability in patients with chronic mechanical back pain. The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of Oswestry Disability Index in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and its relationship with disease assessment parameters for ankylosing spondylitis.A total of 100 patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis were included in the study group. The control group consisted of 50 individuals with nonspecific low back pain. The Oswestry Disability Index and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index were applied to both groups. In addition, the Visual Analog Scale, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score C-Reactive Protein, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score-the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, and the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life scales were applied in the study group. the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, C-Reactive Protein levels, and HLA-B27 analysis were noted as laboratory markers in ankylosing spondylitis patients.The scores of Oswestry Disability Index had a significant correlation with scores of Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index in ankylosing spondylitis patients (r=0.543) and in the control group (r=0.401). There was a significant correlation between the scores of Oswestry Disability Index and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (r=0.544), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (r=0.317), the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (r=0.723), the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score-the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (r=0.501), the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score C-Reactive Protein (r=0.530), Visual Analog Scale-Rest (r=0.476), and Visual Analog Scale-Activity (r=0.441) values in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Evaluation of Oswestry Disability Index in conjunction with Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index may warn the physician to interpret high Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index scores in the context of mechanical pain. Therefore, the use of Oswestry Disability Index in patients with ankylosing spondylitis will be beneficial.
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