Ankylosing spondylitis : recent concepts / / Jacome Bruges Armas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910765545503321
• Autore: Armas Jacome Bruges
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : IntechOpen, , 2023
• ISBN: 1-80356-243-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.73
• Soggetti: Ankylosing spondylitis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introductory Chapter: AS Times Go by - An Axial Chronicle -- 2. Diagnostic/Classification Criteria -- 3. Imaging Ankylosing Spondylitis -- 4. Ankylosing Spondylitis Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology -- 5. Treatment Modalities of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ankylosing Spondylitis - Recent Concepts provides a comprehensive overview of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It includes five chapters organized into two sections. The first section is dedicated to the history of AS, the chronology of diagnostic/classification criteria across the years, and imaging in AS. The second section examines the molecular genetics, immunology, enteric microbiome, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment.