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Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Spondyloarthropathies (SPAs) are systemic and chronic inflammatory rheumatic disorders with involvement of the axial skeleton or asymmetrical arthritis of large joints of the lower extremities.

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  1. Zentrum für Wirbelsäulen- und Rückenmarkchirurgie, Universität Zürich Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Forchstraße 340, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland

    Norbert Boos

  2. Institut für Evaluative Forschung in Orthopädischer Chirurgie MEM Forschungszentrum, Universität Bern, Stauffacherstraße 78, 3014, Bern, Switzerland

    Max Aebi

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Liebscher, T., Min, K., Boos, N. (2008). Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Boos, N., Aebi, M. (eds) Spinal Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69091-7_38

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