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Ankylosing hyperostosis in American blacks: A longitudinal study

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We studied 63 consecutive patients with ankylosing hyperostosis to investigate any possible difference in clinical or roentgenographic features between whites and blacks. Our data suggest that (a) the disease may not be less common among blacks, (b) presence of extraspinal hyperostosis in this disease may be more frequent in black patients, and (c) the known male preponderance of the disease among whites may not occur among blacks.

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... The distinction between DISH and AS is not always straight forward and misdiagnosis has been reported [6, 16•, 53]. The disease has male preponderance, and an old study suggested that it may be more common among African Americans than Whites [54]. We did not review this subject, but there is a need to explore any ethnic and racial differences in its prevalence globally and also to study any differences in its clinical manifestations. ...
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