Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and familial Mediterranean fever Archives

Abstract Number: 2616 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Comparison of Characteristics of Ankylosing Spondylitis in Association with Familial Mediterranean Fever with Those of Typical Ankylosing Spondylitis
Dilek Solmaz¹, Servet Akar², Bunyamin Kisacik³, Sule Apras⁴, Soner Senel⁵, Ahmet Mesut Onat³, Timucin Kasifoglu⁶, Kenan Aksu⁷, Ismail Sari⁸, Mehmet Akif Ozturk⁹, Mehmet Sayarlioglu¹⁰, Ali Akdogan⁴, Pinar Cetin⁸ and Nurullah Akkoc⁸, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Namik Kemal University School of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey, ⁴Rheumatology, HacettepeUniversity School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Rheumatology, Kayseri Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁶Rheumatology, Eskisehir OsmangaziUniversity School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey, ⁷Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁸Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁹Rheumatology, GaziUniversity School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, KahramanmarasSutçü ImamUniversity School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Background/Purpose Several case reports and a few published studies suggest a link between Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). There is very limited…

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Comparison of Characteristics of Ankylosing Spondylitis in Association with Familial Mediterranean Fever with Those of Typical Ankylosing Spondylitis