Abstracts tagged "nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 619 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Relation of Therapies for Ankylosing Spondylitis to Risk of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Rachael Stovall¹, Christine Peloquin ², David Felson ³, Tuhina Neogi ² and Maureen Dubreuil ⁴, ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Boston, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory arthritis that predominantly affects the axial skeleton, but commonly affects peripheral joints as well. Peripheral joint involvement often…