Abstracts tagged "bone density and radiography"

Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
A Close Correlation Between Radiologic Progression Severity and Trabecular Bone Loss in Male Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ki-Jo Kim^1,2, In-Woon Baek³, Chong-Hyeun Yoon^4,5, Wan-Uk Kim⁶ and Chul-Soo Cho³, ¹Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, South Korea, ²St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, South Korea, ⁶Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by inflammation of entheses. Inflammation is associated with cortical new bone formation leading to progressive…