Clinical features of juvenile onset ankylosing spondylitis in Japanese patients.

Kenji KishimotoShuji AsaiMochihito SuzukiRyo SatoJunya HasegawaKenya TerabeShiro Imagama

Published in: Modern rheumatology (2024)

Sites of initial symptoms were frequently the back, hip, and knees, with 52.9% of patients having initial symptoms limited to extra-axial joints. More than half of the patients were recognised musculoskeletal diseases other than AS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ankylosing spondylitis
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
physical activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
disease activity
sleep quality
patient reported