TY - JOUR T1 - Drs. Pimentel-Santos and Branco reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1757 LP - 1757 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.120376 VL - 39 IS - 8 AU - FERNANDO MANUEL PIMENTEL-SANTOS AU - JAIME C. BRANCO Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/39/8/1757.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We appreciate the interest1 in our report2 in which ANKH polymorphisms were not identified as major determinants of susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and do not influence phenotypic characteristics of AS — age at disease onset or results of the Bath AS Disease Activity Index, Bath AS Functional Index, or modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine … Address correspondence to Dr. Pimentel-Santos, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CEDOC, Campo Mártires da Pátria, n°130, Lisbon 1169-056 Portugal; E-mail: pimentel.santos{at}gmail.com ER -