Ratz, TiaraDean, Linda EAtzeni, FabiolaReeks, ChristopherMacfarlane, Gary JMacFarlane, Tatiana2015-09-092015-09-092015-03Ratz, T, Dean, L E, Atzeni, F, Reeks, C, Macfarlane, G J & MacFarlane, T 2015, 'A possible link between ankylosing spondylitis and periodontitis : a systematic review and meta-analysis', Rheumatology, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 500-510. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu3561462-0324ORCID: /0000-0003-2322-3314/work/29064692http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4905© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Melanie Bickerton, from the Medical Library University of Aberdeen, and Dr Simon Stebbings Professor W. Murray Thompson and Associate Professor Mary P. Cullinan for providing additional information about their studies. T.R. worked on the project while taking part in an Erasmus student placement under the European Lifelong Learning Programme. L.D. received funding from the Medical Research Council to undertake her PhD. Disclosure statement: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.118883911engankylosing spondylitisperiodontitisepidemiologyprevalencedentalR MedicineRK DentistryMedical Research Council (MRC)983386RRKJournal article10.1093/rheumatology/keu356543