An investigation about chronic prostatitis in ankylosing spondylitis

Abstract Background Chronic prostatitis has been a common disease reported with high frequency in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) even from decades ago. Infectious (Chlamydia trachomatis) or non-infectious (uric acid) prostatitis can hypothetically trigger vertebral inflammation in AS. This study aimed...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Deves, Rodrigo Novotny, Fernando Hartmann Barazzetti, Mara Cristina Scheffer, Letícia Kramer Pacheco, Adriana Fontes Zimmermann, Ivânio Alves Pereira, Maria Luiza Bazzo, Fabricio Souza Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Advances in Rheumatology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42358-021-00180-w