bone density and fractures Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Long-Term Effects of TNF-Alpha Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density and the Incidence of Vertebral Fractures in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Kim Beek¹, Mignon van der Weijden¹, WF Lems², Christiaan van Denderen³, M. Nurmohamed⁴ and Irene van der Horst - Bruinsma⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology immunology Centre/VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵ARC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is not only characterized by pathological bone formation leading to ankylosis, but also by bone loss which may lead to vertebral…

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