Spondyloarthritis refers to a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases that share common
clinical and genetic characteristics. Due to the rapid advances in technology and …

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases whose main clinical
feature is inflammation of the axial spine. Articular, periarticular, and extra-articular …

Spondyloarthropathies (SpA), including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis
(PsA), have been shown to have a substantial genetic predisposition based on heritability …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the prototypic and most prevalent and debilitating
spondyloarthropathy, a group of arthritides where the spine and pelvis are specifically …

The term spondyloarthritis (SpA) encompasses a group of chronic inflammatory diseases
with common features in terms of clinical presentation and genetic predisposition. SpA is …

Both ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common, highly heritable
conditions, the pathogenesis of which are incompletely understood. Gene-mapping studies …

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with high heritability but with
complex genetics. It encompasses several entities that share common clinical features. Most …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an immune‐mediated arthritis which primarily affects the spine
and sacroiliac joints. Significant progress has been made in discovery of genetic …

Objective. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a debilitating chronic inflammatory condition with a
high degree of familiality (λ s= 82) and heritability (> 90%) that primarily affects spinal and …

Large, well powered genome-wide association studies are currently underway and should
provide further insights into the cause of this common arthritic disease over the next few …