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Material and Methods: The study included a number of 30 patients diagnosed with AS according to the New York modified criteria, with history of entheseal pain, hospitalized between 2016\u20132018 in the Department of Rheumatology of the Emergency County Hospital of Craiova. Results: Regarding the Belgrade Ultrasound Enthesitis Score (BUSES) score and the disease activity calculated using the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), they did not show a statistically significant association (p = 0.738). Additionally, BUSES did not have a statistically significant association with the disease activity quantified by the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score (p = 0.094). The Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Enthesitis Index (SPARCC) clinical score was not statistically associated with ASDAS (p = 0.434) nor with BASDAI (p = 0.130). The SPARCC clinical score and the BUSES ultrasound score were statistically significantly associated, registering a value of p = 0.018. 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