Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Ankylosing spondylitis can be genetic?

In clinical work, often see the two brothers or father and son duo with ankylosing spondylitis with the situation. Foreign reports ankylosing spondylitis prevalence rate in the general population is 0.1 per cent, while in has been suffering from ankylosing spondylitis patients with relatives, the prevalence rate as high as 4%, higher than the general population 40 times. This phenomenon tips ankylosing spondylitis has strong familial tendency.

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