A chronic inflammatory condition affecting the axial joints, such as the SACROILIAC JOINT and other intervertebral or costovertebral joints. It occurs predominantly in young males and is characterized by pain and stiffness of joints (ANKYLOSIS) with inflammation at tendon insertions.
    

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Leukaemia and aplastic anaemia in patients irradiated for ankylosing spondylitis / W.M. Court-Brown and R. Doll.

Ankylosing spondylitis : a booklet for patients.

The morbid anatomy of ankylosing spondylitis / by M. Aufdermauer.

Pelvo-spondylitis ossificans : rheumatoid or ankylosing spondylitis; a roentgenological and clinical guide to its early diagnosis (especially anterior spondylitis) / by Ragnar Romanus and Sven Ydén.

Information for people with arthritis / Arthritis Care.

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Spondylitis, Ankylosing

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Leukaemia and aplastic anaemia in patients irradiated for ankylosing spondylitis / W.M. Court-Brown and R. Doll.

Ankylosing spondylitis : a booklet for patients.

The morbid anatomy of ankylosing spondylitis / by M. Aufdermauer.

Pelvo-spondylitis ossificans : rheumatoid or ankylosing spondylitis; a roentgenological and clinical guide to its early diagnosis (especially anterior spondylitis) / by Ragnar Romanus and Sven Ydén.

Information for people with arthritis / Arthritis Care.