Pseudoarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis.
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Pseudoarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis.
Figure 1 Pelvic radiograph shows fusion of both sacro-iliac joints. Whiskering is present at both ischial tuberosities and rami (arrowheads). Irregularity and sclerosis of the lesser trochanters are arrowed. Hipjoints are concentrically narrowed. chronic low back pain and stiffness, of gradual onset, for 10 years. He was living in China previously, receiving herbal applications and pain killers...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.53.3.206