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Spondylolisthesis
Spondylolisthesis Malalignment of vertebrae due to spondylolysis or degenerative change which allows one vertebra to slip forward on top of another.
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Vertebrae
The bones that make up the spine.
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Spondarthritis
Spondylarthopathy. A seronegative arthropathy related to ankylosing spondylitis and often also to the possession of HLA B27.
Spondylarthritis
Defect in pars interarticularis of vertebra.
Spondylitis
Inflammation of the vertebrae.
Spondylosis
A degenerative process of the cervical spine that causes narrowing of the spinal canal and neural foramina, and produces compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots.
Sponsor
An individual, company, institution, or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical trial
Spontaneous abortion
A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is born before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion occurs in at least 15-20% of all recognized pregnancies and usually takes place before the 13th week of pregnancy. A spontaneous abortion is as opposed to an induced abortion. In a spontaneous abortion, it is purely accidental, that is spontaneous.
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Shulman's syndrome
See 'Eosinophilic fasciitis'.
Sicca syndrome
See 'Sjogren's syndrome'.
Singling-Larsen-Johanssen syndrome
Pain at the insertion of the patellar tendon to the patella. Occurs in adolescence and calcification may be seen here on X-ray.
SLE
See 'Systemic lupus erythematosus'.
Spondylarthritis
Defect in pars interarticularis of vertebra.
Spondylolisthesis
Still's Disease
A form of Juvenile Chronic Arthritis.
Sudeck's Atrophy
See 'Algodystrophy'.
Sweet's syndrome
Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis. A red tender rash with leucocytosis and fever.
Syndesmophyte
Fine bony projection (usually vertically orientated, unlike osteophytes) from the margin of a vertebra. Characteristic of spondylarthropathy such as ankylosing spondylitis.
Synovectomy
Procedure to remove or obliterate synovium as a means of reducing or eliminating joint inflammation. May be surgical or medical (see also 'Yttrium').
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