Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis: Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Inflammatory Arthropathy – Ankylosing Spondylitis
Introduction Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), also known as Pierre-Marie Strumpell’s disease and, more commonly, as Bechterew’s disease, is nowadays a well-recognized inflammatory disease entity with a prevalence about 0.5%. AS primarily involves the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) and the spine, but also peripheral joints and entheses. The SIJ and spinal involvement cause chronic inflammatory back pain an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Diseases and Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2642-1690
DOI: 10.31579/jsdr.2018/004