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Ankylosing spondylitis in two Zaïrian brothers
J M Mbuyi-Muamba1, N Malonda, O Yuma
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zaïre.
Clinical Rheumatology
|June 1, 1993
Summary
Ankylosing spondylitis, a rare condition in Black Africans, is now documented in Zaïre. This report details two brothers diagnosed with the disease at the University Hospital of Kinshasa.
Area of Science:
- Rheumatology
- Epidemiology
- African Health Sciences
Background:
- Ankylosing spondylitis is considered rare in Black African populations.
- No prior cases of ankylosing spondylitis had been described in Zaïre.