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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456602803321

Autore

Khan Muhammad Asim

Titolo

Ankylosing spondylitis [[electronic resource] /] / Muhammad Asim Khan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-54350-4

9786612543500

0-19-970975-0

Descrizione fisica

xii, 147 p. : ill

Collana

Oxford American rheumatology library

Disciplina

616.7/3

Soggetti

Ankylosing spondylitis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.