Ankylosing Spondylitis in Black Adults: Missed, Not Rare
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. …
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Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. …
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