The relationship between bath indexes and osteoporosis in male patients with axial ankylosing spondylitis
Articles > Article · 2008
Authors: Hale ÜZÜMCÜGİL, Sibel EYİGÖR, Yeşim AKKOÇ, Yeşim KİRAZLI, Ismail Sari, Servet Akar, Nurullah Akkoc
ROMATIZMA-RHEUMATISM, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2008, vol 23, pp 82-86
Summary
Objective: Osteoporosis is a common complication of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). There is no avaible data for the indications of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement related to osteoporosis diagnosis at AS patients. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Bath indexes and BMD in patients with AS.