Ankylosing spondylitis--experience with a self administered questionnaire: an analytical study.
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Ankylosing spondylitis--experience with a self administered questionnaire: an analytical study.
A questionnaire drafted by the president of a self help group of patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis (AS), the Danish Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (DASS), was completed by 179 of 184 (97%) consecutive patients with AS. The following results were found. The diagnosis of AS was delayed an average of 12.6 years for women and 9.5 years for men. No differences were found in age at onset...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.48.11.924