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Abstract Number: 1376 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Development of A Health Index for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis – First Steps of A Global Initiative Based On the ICF Guided by ASAS
Uta Kiltz¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Annelies Boonen³, Alarcos Cieza⁴, Gerold Stucki⁵, Muhammad Asim Khan⁶, Walter P. Maksymowych⁷, Helena Marzo-Ortega⁸, John D. Reveille⁹, William Taylor¹⁰, Cristina Bostan¹¹ and Jürgen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Munich, Germany, ⁵University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, ⁶Medicine/ Rheumatology, CASE at MetroHealth Med Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁰University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ¹¹Paraplegic Research Unit, Nottwil, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The burden of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be considerable. The patients suffer from pain, stiffness and fatigue, and they are limited in their activities…

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