Ankylosing Spondylitis, Orthopedic Perspective (cont.)
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Author: Jason C Eck, DO, MS, Staff Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Memorial Hospital
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com
Previous contributing authors and editors:
Author: S Craig Humphreys, MD, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics
Coauthor(s): Jason C Eck, DO, MS, Staff Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Memorial Hospital; Scott D Hodges, DO, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics
Editors: Kristine M Lohr, MD, Associate Chief, Program Director, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Tennessee School of Medicine; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Rick Kulkarni, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine; Director of Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Last Editorial Review: 5/14/2007
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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, multisystem inflammatory disorder of the sacroiliac (SI) joints and the axial skeleton.
