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. 1985 Dec 7;291(6509):1632–1634. doi: 10.1136/bmj.291.6509.1632

Unexplained acute backache in longstanding ankylosing spondylitis.

N Dunn, B Preston, K L Jones
PMCID: PMC1418428  PMID: 2934108

Abstract

Patients with longstanding ankylosing spondylitis who develop untypical severe backache may have spinal lesions.

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