Evaluation of sleep quality in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and efficacy of anti-TNF-α therapy on sleep problems: A polisomnographic study.
Gulsah KaratasAjda BalMelike YuceegeHikmet FiratEda GurcaySadik ArdicFatma Aytul CakciPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2017)
Sleep disorders increase in AS, particularly in patients with high DA. Anti-TNF-α therapy has improved SQ without any improvement in PSG. Therefore, it may be concluded that PSG parameters might be more associated with disease pathogenesis rather than DA in patients with AS.