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Are there any specific circumstances when you would consider the use of immunosuppression for DISH?

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Are there any specific circumstances when you would consider the use of immunosuppression for DISH?

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Rheumatology · Stanford University
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DISH and SpA are two separate pathological entities that share involvement of the axial skeleton and peripheral entheses. Both diseases cause bone proliferation in the spine and extraspinal entheseal sites, particularly in the later phases of the disease.

DISH is characterized by calcification and os...

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