Ankylosing%20Spondylitis[1].pdf
Ankylosing%20Spondylitis[1].pdf
ANKYLOSING
SPONDYLITIS:
thefacts
Muhammad Asim Khan
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
ANKYLOSING
SPONDYLITIS
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ANKYLOSING
SPONDYLITIS
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Muhammad Asim Khan MD FACP FRCP
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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