Smoking does not protect patients with axial spondyloarthritis from attacks of uveitis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Sep;78(9):1287-1288. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215348. Epub 2019 Apr 20.

Sizheng Steven Zhao^{1

2}, Gary J Macfarlane^{3

4}, Gareth T Jones^{3

4}, Karl Gaffney⁵, David M Hughes⁶, Robert J Moots^{1

2}, Nicola J Goodson^{7

2}

¹ Musculoskeletal biology I, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Academic Rheumatology, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
³ Epidemiology Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁴ Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁵ Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
⁶ Departmentof Biostatistics, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁷ Musculoskeletal biology I, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK ngoodson@liverpool.ac.uk.

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Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis; axial spondyloarthritis; smoking; uveitis.

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