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Relevance of osteoproliferation as an outcome parameter in ankylosing spondylitis

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  1. H Appel and M Rudwaleit are both Consultants and Lecturers in the Department of Medicine at the Charité Hospital Benjamin Franklin and J Sieper is Head of Rheumatology at the Campus Benjamin Franklin of the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany.,

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H Appel has received grant support from Centocor. M Rudwaleit has received consultant fees, speakers' bureau honoraria and grant support from Abbott, Schering-Plough and Wyeth, in addition to speakers' bureau honoraria and grant support from Pfizer. J Sieper has received consultant fees, speakers' bureau honoraria and grant support from Abbott, Schering-Plough and Wyeth, in addition to speakers' bureau honoraria and grant support from Pfizer.

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Appel, H., Rudwaleit, M. & Sieper, J. Relevance of osteoproliferation as an outcome parameter in ankylosing spondylitis. Nat Rev Rheumatol 4, 578–579 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0930

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