Increased risk of developing ankylosing spondylitis among first-born children

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2818-2822

  Baudoin, P ^a   Van Der Horst Bruinsma, I E ^a   Dekker Saeys, A J ^b   Weinreich, S ^c   Bezemer, P D ^a   Dijkmans, B A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0034544955     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200012)43:12<2818::AID-ANR23>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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