Nontraumatic fracture of the thoracic spine in ankylosing spondylitis
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Nontraumatic fracture of the thoracic spine in ankylosing spondylitis.
SSEOUS BRIDGING beneath the anterior 0 spinal ligament is a feature of ankylosing spondylitis ( A S ) . When extensive this is usually associated with ankylosis of the apophyseal joints, resulting in a poker spine, or virtually complete fusion of the bony structures In 2 such cases, rupture or fracture of a calcified anterior thoracic ligament occurred following automobile accidents.l In each i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780100509