Initial diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation is associated with a delay in diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1996-1999

  Gerdan, Vedat ^a   Akar, Servet ^a   Solmaz, Dilek ^a   Pehlivan, Yavuz ^b   Onat, Ahmet Mesut ^b   Kisacik, Bunyamin ^b   Sayarlioglu, Mehmet ^c   Erhan, Cigdem ^c   Tezcan, Mehmet Engin ^d   Ozturk, Mehmet Akif ^d   Onen, Fatos ^a   Akkoc, Nurullah ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Delayed diagnosis; Intervertebral disc displacement; Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84867060268     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120106     Document Type: Article

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