Do pathological opposites cancel each other out? Do all patients with both hypermobility and spondylarhtropathy fulfil a criterion of any disease?

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-122

  Viitanen, Jorma V ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of the Finnish Rheumatism Association   (Finland)

^b Reumaliiton Kuntoutuimislaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case report; Hypermobility with spondylarthropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

EID: 0032962273     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097499442603     Document Type: Article

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