Familial presentation of bamboo spine, peripheral calcifications, and normal sacroiliac joints

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-157

  Branten, A J W ^a,b   De Jong, A J L ^a   Janssen, M ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249211978     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802448858     Document Type: Letter

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