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Visar resultat 6 - 8 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Spondyloarthritis.

  1. 6. Axial spondyloarthritis - with special emphasis on prevalence, perceived health and predictors

    Författare :Ulf Lindström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; axial spondyloarthritis; ankylosing spondylitis; epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : The objectives of this thesis were to assess the validity of the diagnostic codes for ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis in the national patient register (study I), and to estimate the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in Sweden, as well as to compare the prevalence according to geographic and demographic factors (study II). Further, to compare inflammatory back pain, and perceived health, in different subtypes of spondyloarthritis (study III), and to investigate predictive associations between perinatal characteristics, and childhood infections, with later development of ankylosing spondylitis (study IV and V). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Subclinical cardiovascular disease and health related quality of life in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

    Författare :Lucy Law; Stefan Söderberg; Helena Forsblad-d'Elia; Per Lindqvist; Isabel Goncalves; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Radiographic axial spondyloarthritis; health related quality of life; cardiovascular disease; ultrasound; common carotid artery; intima media thickness; epicardial adipose tissue; Medicine; medicin; cardiovascular disease; hjärt- och kärlforskning; reumatologi; rheumatology;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease predominantly affecting the axial skeleton. The global prevalence of r-axSpA is between 0.1-1.4%. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Epidemiological aspects of ankylosing spondylitis in Sweden. Characterization, prevalence and prognosis

    Författare :Sofia Exarchou; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, potentially disabling, inflammatory disease that poses a longstanding burden on the patient and the society. The epidemiology of AS in Sweden has not been extensively studied previously. LÄS MER