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  2. Ankylosing spondylitis - Wikipedia

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    Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis from the disease spectrum of axial spondyloarthritis. [5] It is characterized by long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine, typically where the spine joins the pelvis. [2] With AS, eye and bowel problems—as well as back pain—may occur. [2]

  3. Spondylopathy - Wikipedia

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    When involving inflammation, it can be called spondylitis. In contrast, a spondyloarthropathy is a condition involving the vertebral joints, but many conditions involve both spondylopathy and spondyloarthropathy. Examples include ankylosing spondylitis and spondylosis.

  4. Spondyloarthritis - Wikipedia

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    HLA-B27 is a polymorphic form of the HLA-B molecule found in up to 95% of people with ankylosing spondylitis of European ancestry, [16] [17] 70% with reactive arthritis, [18] 60% with psoriatic spondylitis, [12] 25% with peripheral psoriatic arthritis, [17] and 70% with spondylitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

  5. Axial spondyloarthritis - Wikipedia

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    Since the disease ankylosing spondylitis was still defined by the Modified New York criteria of 1984, there was the need to find a new disease term that would also include the less severe forms or early onset of ankylosing spondylitis. This expression was found in the umbrella term axial spondyloarthritis.

  6. Spinal enthesopathy - Wikipedia

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    This article about a disease of musculoskeletal and connective tissue is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  7. ‘My Low Back Pain Turned Out To Be A Rare Inflammatory ...

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    Among the genetic factors that may influence ankylosing spondylitis, the HLA-B27 gene accounts for about thirty percent of the overall genetic risk, per the National Library of Medicine. The ...

  8. Enthesopathy - Wikipedia

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    Enthesopathy of the pelvis likely due to ankylosing spondylitis Enthesopathy can occur at the shoulder, elbow, wrist, carpus , hip, knee, ankle, tarsus , or heel bone , among other regions. Enthesopathies may take the form of spondyloarthropathies (joint diseases of the spine) such as ankylosing spondylitis , or psoriatic arthritis , plantar ...

  9. Spondylitis - Wikipedia

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    Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebrae. It is a form of spondylopathy . In many cases, spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joints , as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis .