Ankylosing spondylitis overview

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic, painful, degenerative inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the autoimmune spondyloarthropathies with a probable genetic predisposition. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine.