Spectrums and Prognosis of Kidney Disease in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Renal involvement was a common extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Few reports have investigated the pathological characteristics and renal outcomes of AS patients with kidney disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathological spectrums and the renal prognosis of AS patients with kidney disease.

Methods

This retrospective and observational study was conducted working on 62 patients (47 males and 15 females) with a diagnosis of AS (ACR, 1984) and renal biopsies between 2008 and 2017. The histopathological findings and associated clinical manifestations were collected, and the renal prognoses of patients with kidney disease were evaluated too. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify ri

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706489 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature