title: [Four first Congolese cases of pelvic ankylosing spondylitis].
abstract: The authors report four ankylosing spondylitis cases observed within 11 years (1990-2000) of rheumatologic exercise among 10,000 patients examined in consultation and hospitalization at Brazzaville university teaching hospital. It confirms that ankylosing spondylitis is a rare disease in sub-Saharan black Africa.
authors.affiliation: Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Brazzaville, B.P. 32, Congo.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ntsiba
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bazébissa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000150:complications; D044383:Black People; D003223:Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications