“It's often believed that women don't get ankylosing spondylitis (AS) as often as men do,” says Nilasha Ghosh, MD, a Rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. “This represents a little bit of a bias because women present differently and they don't fit the typical mold of what an AS patient looks like.”
Nilasha Ghosh, MD, MS, is a board-certified Rheumatologist with expertise in autoimmune diseases, inflammatory arthritis, and musculoskeletal medicine.
References
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Nelson, D. A., et al. (2021). Incidence of ankylosing spondylitis among male and female United States Army personnel. Arthritis Care Research (Hoboken).
Spondylitis Association of America. (2020). Spondylitis plus.
Yu, D. T., et al. Clinical manifestations of axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis) in adults. UpToDate.
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