The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis
Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and assess its reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change. …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited periodic inflammatory disease
that stimulates a very intense acute phase response and may be complicated by AA …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and related
spondyloarthritides (SpA) in an adult urban population of Izmir, Turkey. METHODS: A survey was …

Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries. The etiology of Takayasu
arteritis remains poorly understood, but genetic contribution to the disease pathogenesis is …

Objective. Disease Extent Index-Takayasu (DEI.Tak) is a new index developed for the follow-up
of Takayasu’s arteritis (TA), assessing only clinical findings without the requirement of …

Objective. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of amyloidosis
and its related factors in a large number of FMF patients. Methods. Fifteen centres from the …

Objective The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the Bath Ankylosing
Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) and Dougados Functional Index (DFI) and assess their …

Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of spine and
sacroiliac joints; it is characterized by new bone formation, and the disease processes can be …

The objective of this non-randomised controlled trial was to evaluate the impact of group-based
exercise programme and a home-based exercise programme on Bath Ankylosing …

Objective Takayasu arteritis is a rare large vessel vasculitis with incompletely understood
etiology. This study was undertaken to perform the first unbiased genome‐wide association …