Lehtinen K
Scand J Rheumatol. 1983;12(1):5-11. doi: 10.3109/03009748309101995.
Seventy-six patients treated for ankylosing spondylitis at the Rheumatism Foundation Hospital during the 1950s were re-examined. The mean duration of the disease was 30.5 years. The main interest was in the clinical and radiological progression of the disease, functional and working ability and the number of complications and their severity. The results seem to show that the long-term prognosis for AS is good, on average. A detailed description of the results is presented.
对20世纪50年代在风湿病基金会医院接受强直性脊柱炎治疗的76名患者进行了复查。疾病的平均病程为30.5年。主要关注的是疾病的临床和放射学进展、功能和工作能力以及并发症的数量及其严重程度。结果似乎表明，强直性脊柱炎的平均长期预后良好。文中给出了结果的详细描述。
