Title |
The FAt Spondyloarthritis Spine Score (FASSS): development and validation of a new scoring method for the evaluation of fat lesions in the spine of patients with axial spondyloarthritis
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Published in |
Arthritis Research & Therapy, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/ar4411 |
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Authors |
Susanne Juhl Pedersen, Zheng Zhao, Robert GW Lambert, Stephanie Wichuk, Mikkel Østergaard, Ulrich Weber, Walter P Maksymowych |
Abstract |
Studies have shown that fat lesions follow resolution of inflammation in the spine of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Fat lesions at vertebral corners have also been shown to predict development of new syndesmophytes. Therefore, scoring of fat lesions in the spine may constitute both an important measure of treatment efficacy as well as a surrogate marker for new bone formation. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new scoring method for fat lesions in the spine, the Fat SpA Spine Score (FASSS), which in contrast to the existing scoring method addresses the localization and phenotypic diversity of fat lesions in patients with axial SpA. |
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