"Spondylitis, Ankylosing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic inflammatory condition affecting the axial joints, such as the SACROILIAC JOINT and other intervertebral or costovertebral joints. It occurs predominantly in young males and is characterized by pain and stiffness of joints (ANKYLOSIS) with inflammation at tendon insertions.
| Descriptor ID |
D013167
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.853.625.800.850 C05.550.069.680 C05.550.114.865.800.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Spondylitis, Ankylosing- Spondylitis, Ankylosing
- Bechterew Disease
- Bechterew's Disease
- Bechterews Disease
- Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis
- Ankylosing Spondyloarthritides
- Spondyloarthritides, Ankylosing
- Spondyloarthritis, Ankylosing
- Rheumatoid Spondylitis
- Spondylitis, Rheumatoid
- Spondylarthritis Ankylopoietica
- Ankylosing Spondylarthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylarthritides
- Spondylarthritides, Ankylosing
- Spondylarthritis, Ankylosing
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Marie-Struempell Disease
- Marie Struempell Disease
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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