A chronic inflammatory condition affecting the axial joints, such as the SACROILIAC JOINT and other intervertebral or costovertebral joints. It occurs predominantly in young males and is characterized by pain and stiffness of joints (ANKYLOSIS) with inflammation at tendon insertions
Ankylosing spondylitis -- Patients -- Europe : Axial spondyloarthritis : patient-reported impact in Europe / Marco Garrido-Cumbrera, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Christine Bundy, Raj Mahapatra, Souzi Makri, Carlos J. Delgado-Domínguez, Pedro Plazuelo-Ramos, Denis Poddubnyy
