Oxidative stress and related factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Solmaz D., Kozaci D., SARI İ., Taylan A., ÖNEN F., Akkoc N., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.3, no.1, pp.20-24, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2015.0031
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.20-24
  • Keywords: Oxidative stress, spondylitis, anklylosing, outcome assessment
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the spine and sacroiliac joints of unknown etiology. Recent studies have reported increased oxidative stress, which is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases, in AS. The purpose of this study was to investigate oxidative stress and related factors in AS.