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Ankylosing Spondylitis |
Spondylitis, Ankylosing |
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, painful, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the autoimmune spondyloarthropathies with a probable genetic predisposition. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine. Signs and symptoms The typical patient is a young man of 15-30 years old with chronic pain and stiffness in the lo ...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org
- Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/
- University of Washington, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
- Spondylitis Association of America http://www.spondylitis.org/
- North American Spondylitis Consortium
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- A new approach to defining disease status in ankylosing spondylitis: the Bath Ankylosing Spondyl (Google Health)
- About Spondylitis: Men's Health (Spondylitis Association of America)
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