Abstracts tagged "family studies and spondylarthritis"

Abstract Number: 2002 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Differences in Features of Chronic Back Pain in First Degree Relatives of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Compared to the U.S. Population
David Kung¹, Michael Weisman², MinJae Lee³, Lianne S. Gensler⁴, Michael Ward⁵, Amirali Tahanan³, Laura A. Diekman¹, Shervin Assassi⁶, Mohammad H. Rahbar³ and John D. Reveille¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: To compare the clinical features of spondyloarthritis in first degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with chronic back pain (CBP) with…