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Ankylosing Spondylitis
Muhammad Asim Khan
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Description for Ankylosing Spondylitis
Paperback. This pocket-sized book provides practical, evidence-based information for clinicians to aid diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for patients with AS and SpA. The book includes advice on early diagnosis, prognosis, clinical manifestations, socioeconomic aspects, and disease management. Series: Oxford American Rheumatology Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
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 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 and surgical specialists. With the availability of newer, highly effective treatments and better ... Read more
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 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 and surgical specialists. With the availability of newer, highly effective treatments and better ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Oxford American Rheumatology Library
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195368079
SKU
V9780195368079
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Reviews for Ankylosing Spondylitis
"Epidemiologists will find this a one source book of the different criteria for classification of AS, and of spondyloarthropathies in general. There are excellent tables showing the different treatment response criteria. Students of medicine and rheumatology alike will find the description of these criteria and their temporal updates particularly useful... We commend this book to general physicians and rheumatologists alike." ... Read more