RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS: A CLINICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY
Authors: R L SWEZEY, J PATTERSON, S MARCUS, D STRANGE, M H LEVIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 November 1957RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS: A CLINICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDYROBERT L. SWEZEY, M.D., JAMES PATTERSON, M.D., STANLEY MARCUS, M.D., DAVID STRANGE, M.D., MELVIN H. LEVIN, M.D,.ROBERT L. SWEZEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES PATTERSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, STANLEY MARCUS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID STRANGE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MELVIN H. LEVIN, M.D,.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-5-904 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is to describe the clinical manifestations of rheumatoid spondylitis and its impact upon the social and economic life of the individual. Inferences as to its precise relationship to other arthritic and collagen diseases will be left to the reader and future investigators. The exact characterization of the disease which we in the United States choose to call "rheumatoid spondylitis," and which in Europe is generally referred to as "ankylosing spondylitis,"1 has been a subject of contention for many years.HISTORYThe first reported description of what we now recognize as rheumatoid spondylitis was by Bernard...Bibliography1. Hart FD: Ankylosing spondylitis, Ann. Rheumat. Dis. 14: 77, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Hollander JL, Editor: Comroe's Arthritis and allied conditions, 5th Ed., 1953, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 548. Google Scholar3. BolandPresent EWAJ: Rheumatoid spondylitis: study of 100 cases and references to diagnostic criteria, J. A. M. A. 129: 843, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. 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WILSON JR., M.D.Rheumatoid spondylitis without rheumatoid arthritis of peripheral joints: Relationship to rheumatic fever and valvular heart disease 1 November 1957Volume 47, Issue 5Page: 904-921KeywordsAnkylosing spondylitisArthritisCollagen diseasesForecastingGonorrheaHemoglobinHospital medicineSpondylitis Issue Published: 1 November 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...