Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6 Polymorphisms Are Associated with Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis

• Young Bin Joo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Young Bin Joo, So-Young Bang

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• So-Young Bang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Young Bin Joo, So-Young Bang

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Tae-Hwan Kim ,

  * E-mail: thkim@hanyang.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Seung-Cheol Shim,

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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• Seunghun Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Kyung Bin Joo,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jong Heon Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Hye Joon Min,

  Affiliation Department of anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Proton Rahman,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Memorial University, St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

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• Robert D. Inman

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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