Ankylosing spondylitis confers substantially increased risk of clinical spine fractures: a nationwide case-control study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-91

  Prieto Alhambra, D ^a,b,c,d   Munoz Ortego J ^e   De Vries, F ^b,f,g   Vosse, D ^f   Arden, N K ^a,b   Bowness, P ^a   Cooper, C ^a,b   Diez Perez, A ^c   Vestergaard, P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SAGRAT COR   (Spain)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ankylosing; Bone; Electronic health records; Epidemiology; Fractures; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-8; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84922090023     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-014-2939-3     Document Type: Article

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