| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 147 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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data file |
| Series |
Oxford American rheumatology library |
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Oxford American rheumatology library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introductory overview on ankylosing spondylitis -- Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis and related spondyloarthropathies -- Causes of ankylosing spondylitis -- Disease process -- Clinical features -- Physical findings -- Diagnosis -- Other manifestations and complications -- Descriptions of related diseases : the spondyloarthropathies -- Assessment of disease activity -- Disease management -- New treatment : remarkable efficacy of TNF-a antagonists -- Other aspects of disease management -- Socioeconomic aspects and prognosis -- Brief illustrative case histories. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and related diseases called spondyloarthropathies (SpA) are the second most common form of chronic inflammatory arthritis after Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Unfortunately, most patients with AS and SpA are either never diagnosed, or they are inadequately treated. The current mean delay in the diagnosis of AS ranges from 5 to 10 years, and the presenting clinical manifestations of these diseases are wide-ranging and heterogeneous, and thus a variety of health care professionals see AS and SpA patients, from primary care physicians to rheumatologists and other medical a. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Ankylosing spondylitis.
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Spondylitis, Ankylosing -- diagnosis |
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Spondylitis, Ankylosing -- therapy |
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Early Diagnosis |
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Spondylitis, Ankylosing |
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Spondylarthrite ankylosante.
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MEDICAL -- Orthopedics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Musculoskeletal.
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MEDICAL -- Rheumatology.
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Ankylosing spondylitis
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Khan, Muhammad Asim. Ankylosing spondylitis. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195368079 (DLC) 2008027171 (OCoLC)232636508 |
| ISBN |
9780199709755 (electronic bk.) |
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0199709750 (electronic bk.) |
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019536807X |
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9780195368079 |
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0195368061 |
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9780195368062 |
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1282543504 |
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9781282543508 |
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9786612543500 |
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6612543507 |
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9780195368079 (standard edition ; alk. paper) |
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9780195368062 (special sale edition ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000051574354 |
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DEBBG BV040833705 |
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DEBBG BV043135154 |
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DEBBG BV044180746 |
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DEBSZ 421882417 |
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GBVCP 80312970X |
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NZ1 14970173 |
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