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- Prevalence and clinical characteristics of late Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a multicentre nationwide studyPublication . Rocha, Margarida Lucas; Torres, R.; Ramiro, S.; Castro, A. M.; Neves, A.; Martins, A.; Chícharo, A. T.; Mendes, B.; Matos, C. O.; Soares, C.; Oliveira, C. P.; Parente, H.; Gomes, J. A. M.; Luís, M.; Santos, M.; Couto, M.; Bernardes, M.; Valente, P.; Costa, R.; Sousa, S.; Branco, J.; Pimentel-Santos, F.; Sepriano, A.Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) typically starts before the fourth decade oflife. Consistent with that, the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)classification criteria for axSpA should be applied only in patients with chronic back pain startingbefore 45 years of age. It has, however, been suggested that axSpA can sometimes start later in lifewith a distinctive phenotype, the so-called ‘late onset axSpA’ (lo-axSpA). There is, nevertheless, onlylimited data in support of the existence of such phenotype. We aimed to evaluate the occurrence oflo-axSpA and if these patients differ from those with early onset axSpA (eo-axSpA).
- Vitamin and micronutrient excess in patients with Crohn’s disease under oral ambulatory exclusive enteral nutritionPublication . Oliveira, R.; Mendes, B.; Neves, J. Cunha; Amorim, E.; Roseira, J.; Sousa, H. Tavares deExclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is recommended for preoperative nutritional optimization (PNO) in adult Crohn's disease (CD) patients. However, during ambulatory oral EEN, a lack of routine monitoring for vitamins may occur, with a potential risk of hypervitaminosisrelated toxicity, which remains unexplored. This study aims to assess the serum levels of vitamins and micronutrients in CD patients undergoing EEN and to examine its potential impact.