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Feldtkeller E et al. - In about one third of the patients AS is associated with another disease: In 19 % with psoriasis, in 13 % with inflammatory bowel disease and in 5 % with reactive arthritis. Among the accompanying symptoms peripheral oligoarthritis was most frequent (71 % of the patients), followed by enthesitis (41 %) and uveitis (30 %). 60 % were treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 15 % with Coxibs, 14 % with corticosteroids, 9 % with sulfasalacine, 6.7 % with methotrexate, 8.5 % with TNF-alpha inhibitors, and 0.3 % had received injections of radium-224 chloride. There were significant differences in the spectrum of medications taken between male and female patients and also between patients with different diagnoses.
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