Ankylosing Spondylitis The Facts,9780192632821

Ankylosing Spondylitis The Facts

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780192632821
ISBN10: 0192632825
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-15
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Ankylosing spondilitis is a chronic form of arthritis known to affect around 1 in 200 people (over 1 million sufferers in the USA alone). No cure has yet been found for the disease, however, early diagnosis and proper medical management can be important in reducing the risk of disability anddeformity. Ankylosing spondilitis: the facts is the first mass market book to be published on this important disease. It provides clear and accessible information on treatment, diagnosis, genetic counselling, and daily life with this illness. Professor Khan is one of the leading experts in the world on AS,while also suffering from it. This combination of scientific knowledge and personal experience of a debilitating disorder results in a unique book which will prove invaluable for sufferers wishing to know more about their condition, and those that share their lives.

Author Biography

Muhammad Asim Khan MD FACP FRCP: Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Table of Contents

Facts and myths about ankylosing spondylitis
1(4)
What is ankylosing spondylitis?
5(8)
Early symptoms
13(6)
The course of the disease
19(4)
Exercise and physical therapy
23(14)
Drug therapy
37(14)
Nontraditional (complementary, or alternative) therapy
51(10)
Surgical treatment
61(4)
Some later manifestations
65(6)
A typical case history
71(4)
Living with ankylosing spondylitis: some hints
75(12)
The management of AS: an overview
87(4)
The rheumatologist's role
91(4)
Radiology and diagnosis
95(6)
The disease process
101(10)
HLA-B27 and the cause of ankylosing spondylitis
111(14)
Spondyloarthropathies
125(18)
Appendix 1 Ankylosing spondylitis organizations 143(8)
Appendix 2 Glossary 151(22)
References and further reading 173(10)
Index 183

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