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Clinical history for inflammatory back pain in ankylosing spondylitis: the sensitivity, specificity and consistency of clinical features

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi, Ic Hastaliklari AD, Immunoloji-Romatoloji BD, Inciralti, 35340, Izmir, Turkey

    Servet Akar, Merih Birlik, Nurullah Akkoc & Fatos Onen

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Kenan Aksu & Yasemin Kabasakal

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi, Ic Hastaliklari AD, Immunoloji-Romatoloji BD, Inciralti, 35340, Izmir, Turkey

    Ozlem Senocak

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Akar, S., Birlik, M., Aksu, K. et al. Clinical history for inflammatory back pain in ankylosing spondylitis: the sensitivity, specificity and consistency of clinical features. Rheumatol Int 29, 349–351 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-008-0678-5

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