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ankylosing spondylitis
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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00540.html
# males (90%)
# a/w HLA B-27
# "squaring" of anterior vertebral surfaces ("shiny corners")
# bony fusion --> "bamboo spine"
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spondylitis and Spinal Infection: Ankylosing Spondylitis
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Conditions
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Fri Jul 17 2009