Cauda equina syndrome complicating ankylosing spondylitis: use of electromyography and computerised tomography in diagnosis.
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Cauda equina syndrome complicating ankylosing spondylitis: use of electromyography and computerised tomography in diagnosis.
A case of the cauda equina syndrome complicating ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is described. An unusual feature of this case was the relapsing and remitting nature of the condition, but there is sufficient evidence to explain the clinical picture on the basis of a recurrent intraspinal inflammatory process. The clinical and radiological features are similar to those of a further 28 reported in th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.40.3.317