title: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: a distinct clinical entity.
abstract: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is often incorporated into osteoarthritis. Although DISH often coexists with OA, patients affected by this disorder differ from patients with primary OA in several aspects: prevalence in the general population, gender distribution, anatomic site of primary involvement, magnitude and distribution in the spine and the peripheral joints. DISH is a distinct clinical entity. Its recognition as such should stimulate clinicians and researchers to focus on its pathogenesis, treatment and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatic Diseases Unit, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. Mader_r@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Reuven
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mader
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis*