A Nationwide Questionnaire Survey on the Prevalence of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in Japan.

Yuri MatsubaraYosikazu NakamuraNaoto TamuraHideto KamedaKotaro OtomoMitsumasa KishimotoYuho KadonoShigeyoshi TsujiTatsuya AtsumiHiroaki MatsunoMichiaki TakagiShigeto KobayashiKeishi FujioNorihiro NishimotoNami OkamotoAyako NakajimaKiyoshi MatsuiMasahiro YamamuraYasuharu NakashimaAtsushi KawakamiMasaaki MoriTetsuya Tomita

Published in: Modern rheumatology (2021)

This study revealed the lower prevalence of AS/nr-ax SpA in Japan, compared to those in other countries. Further studies are required to reveal the association of HLA-B27 with the clinical features.

Keyphrases

ankylosing spondylitis
disease activity
cross sectional
rheumatoid arthritis
risk factors
single cell
systemic lupus erythematosus
genome wide
gene expression
psychometric properties
dna methylation
case control