Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in Turkish Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study

Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the vertebral column that is the prototype of the spondyloarthritides and is characterized by bone marrow edema, osteitis, erosions, enthesopathy, new bone formations and sclerosis. A decrease in bone mineral d...

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Published in:	Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi
Main Authors:	Ece Çınar, Yeşim Kirazlı, Duygu Kerim, Gonca Karabulut
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkish Society of Osteoporosis 2023-12-01
Subjects:	ankylosing spondylitis fracture osteoporosis
Online Access:	http://www.turkosteoporozdergisi.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/prevalence-of-osteoporosis-and-osteoporotic-verteb/64075