Infection and work stress are potential triggers of ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 660-666

  Zochling, Jane ^a   Bohl Bühler, Martin H J ^b   Baraliakos, Xenofon ^a   Feldtkeller, Ernst ^c   Braun, Jürgen ^a  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^b KB Practice for Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^c Ankylosing Spondylitis International Federation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Ankylosing spondylitis; Infection; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGERY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33746325485     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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