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Recent advances in ankylosing spondylitis: understanding the disease and management
2018-09-21
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The term spondyloarthritis refers to a group of immune-mediated diseases characterised by inflammation of the axial skeleton, peripheral joints, and entheses. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the most common and characteristic of these entities and even though it was first described over two centuries ago, the understanding of the underlying disease mechanism remains incomplete. It is known that around 40% of patien...
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- 10.12688/f1000research.14956.1