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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
- In 2nd century, Galen was the first to distinguish the difference between ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.[1]
- A 5000-year-old Egyptian mummy skeletal remains shows skeletal evidence of the disease ankylosing spondylitis.[2]
- Ankylosing spondylitis was first described by Realdo Colombo,a anatomist and surgeon, in in 1559.[3]
References
- ↑ Dieppe P (January 1988). "Did Galen describe rheumatoid arthritis?". Ann. Rheum. Dis. 47 (1): 84–5. PMC 1003452. PMID 3278697.
- ↑ Saleem SN, Hawass Z (December 2014). "Ankylosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in royal Egyptian mummies of 18th -20th Dynasties? CT and archaeology studies". Arthritis Rheumatol. 66 (12): 3311–6. doi:10.1002/art.38864. PMID 25329920.
- ↑ Benoist M (April 1995). "Pierre Marie. Pioneer investigator in ankylosing spondylitis". Spine. 20 (7): 849–52. PMID 7701402.