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Ankylosing spondylitis
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Type of arthritis of the spine
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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis from the disease spectrum of axial spondyloarthritis. The term comes from the Greek ankylos meaning crooked, curved or rounded, spondylos meaning vertebra, and -itis meaning inflammation. It is characterized by long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine, typically where the spine joins...

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designated intractable/rare disease
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Signs and symptoms
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Spinal disease
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