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The cause of ankylosing spondylitis has been investigated by the methods of Sir Karl Popper (1902–1994) who claimed that a theory could not be proved by induction or any other methods but could be disproved.
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Ebringer, A., Ebringer, A. (2013). Ankylosing Spondylitis and ‘Popper Sequences’. In: Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4300-0_22
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