Background: A 36-year-old male presented with bilateral, anterior, chronic uveitis, with cystoid macular edema. Decimal visual acuity was 0.25 in the right eye and 0.20 in the left eye. Ankylosing ...

Protective allelic variants of ERAP1 displayed decreased rates of substrate trimming... The authors conclude that, in addition to identifying a number of new genetic loci associated with AS, their ...

A study involving over 5,000 people living with the joint disorder ankylosing spondylitis has identified a series of genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to the condition as well ...

Research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Arthritis Research Campaign has identified two genes implicated in the disease ankylosing spondylitis, a common disease primarily causing back pain and ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) came for Lovaine Cohen with speed and force. Lovaine Cohen was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in her 30s and needed to have hip replacement surgery. Cohen was in her ...

Ankylosing spondylitis can be a devastating disease. But the good news is that the future is brighter than ever before. Here’s why I’m so optimistic. Doctors -- including primary care physicians -- ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a long term painful disease that affects the spine, bones, muscles and ligaments that connect bones. There is presence of joint pain and inflammation akin to arthritis in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accurately diagnosing ankylosing spondylitis is a challenge for physicians, who must rely on a combination of ...

A debilitating autoimmune condition silently attacks the spine and surrounding joints, causing inflammation that gradually transforms flexible vertebrae into rigid, fused bone. Ankylosing spondylitis ...

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is the leading chronic progressive inflammatory rheumatic disease that involves the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) and the spinal column but is often difficult to recognize in ...

This case study describes an atypically severe attack of uveitis in a patient with HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis. Although TNF-inhibitor therapy was extremely effective regarding articular ...