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MusculoskeletalModerate
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Rheumatology · Musculoskeletal
Moderate
Severity
Uncommon — affects about 0.1-1.4% of the population depending on ethnicity
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Rheumatology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Strongly associated with the HLA-B27 gene
- 2though not everyone with the gene develops the condition
- 3suggesting additional genetic and environmental triggers are involved. The inflammatory process begins at the entheses
- 4where ligaments and tendons attach to bone
- 5eventually leading to new bone formation and spinal fusion.
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