title: [Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis].
abstract: A case of a patient having ankylosing spondylitis of 16 years duration is presented. Eight years ago developed a clinical picture with symptoms which completely fulfill criteria for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis with exception of rheumatoid factor. As a conclusion we can say that in our patient there have been developed ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis as a coexistence of two diseases.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabitaciju i reumatologiju Medicinskog fakulteta u nastavnoj bazi Klinicke bolnice "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jajić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jajić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubravica
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Reumatoidni artritis i ankilozantni spondilitis.