Baseline radiographic damage, elevated acute-phase reactant levels, and cigarette smoking status predict spinal radiographic progression in early axial spondylarthritis.

D, Poddubnyy; H, Haibel; J, Listing; E, Märker-Hermann; H, Zeidler; J, Braun; J, Sieper; M, Rudwaleit

doi:10.1002/art.33465

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Baseline radiographic damage, elevated acute-phase reactant levels, and cigarette smoking status predict spinal radiographic progression in early axial spondylarthritis.

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Authors:

Poddubnyy D

Haibel H

Listing J

Abstract

Objective To assess prospectively the rates and to explore predictors of spinal radiographic progression over 2 years in a cohort of patients with early axial spondylarthritis (SpA).Methods Two hundred ten patients with axial SpA from the German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort were selected for t...

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