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Inflammatory eye, skin, and bowel disease in spondyloarthritis: genetic, phenotypic, and environmental factors.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 2001
Brophy S, Pavy S, Lewis P, Taylor G, Bradbury L, Robertson D, Lovell C, Calin A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the nature of the interrelationship between inflammatory disease of the spine/joints, skin, eye, and bowel [i.e., ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriasis, iritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)]. METHODS: The study used 4 approaches: (1) analysis of the prevalence of secondary disorders within the AS individual (chi-square and matched pair analysis); (2) study of the temporal relationship...
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