Research ArticleSpondyloarthritis

The Risk and Consequences of Vertebral Fracture in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Population-based Data Linkage Study

Milica Ognjenovic, Warren D. Raymond, Charles A. Inderjeeth, Helen I. Keen, David B. Preen and Johannes C. Nossent
The Journal of Rheumatology November 2020, 47 (11) 1629-1636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190675

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