| ankylosing s. |
a form of degenerative joint disease that affects the spine and may also affect other joints, particularly the hips.. It is a systemic illness of unknown etiology, affecting young persons predominantly, and producing pain and stiffness as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac, intervertebral, and costovertebral joints; paraspinal calcification, with ossification and ankylosis of the spinal joints, may cause complete rigidity of the spine and thorax. Called also Bekhterev's arthritis or disease, Bekhterev's s.; Marie-Strümpell s. or disease; Strümpell-Marie disease; rheumatoid or rhizomelic s.; s. deformans; and rhizomelic spondylosis.
출처: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| ankylosing spondylitis |
a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints between the vertebrae of the spine, and the joints between the spine and the pelvis. It eventually causes the affected vertebrae to fuse or grow together.
출처: www.mayfieldclinic.com/HT_glossary.htm
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