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From: Childhood hospitalisation with infections and later development of ankylosing spondylitis: a national case-control study

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Associations between childhood infections and a later diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis. Based on a total of 2453 AS cases and 10,257 matched controls where exposure data to infections are based on registered events of an infection in inpatient care before the age of 17 years. 1Including all infectious foci, but not the procedures appendectomy or tonsillectomy; 2including appendicitis; 3including tonsillitis; 4also including adenoidectomy. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio

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