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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Ankylosing spondylitis needs to be differentiated from strain of lumbosacral joint, osteoarthritis, Forestier's disease among others.

Diseases that can have similar symptoms are