Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a rare type of autoimmune disease that causes arthritis in your spine. It's a lifelong condition that usually starts in your lower back. It can spread up to your neck or ...

What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? Ankylosing Spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the buttocks joints, spine, and hip joints. Ankylosing spondylitis is a very debilitating ...

There are few effective treatments for ankylosing spondylitis, which causes substantial morbidity. Because of the central role of tumor necrosis factor α in the spondyloarthritides, we performed a ...

Ankylosing spondylitis affects women more often than previously thought. In the past, AS was believed to more commonly affect men, but newer research suggests the rates may be nearly equal between the ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. The sacroiliac joints connect the lower spine to the pelvis. Arthritis causes chronic inflammation, and in ...