Ankylosing spondylitis /

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Author / Creator:Khan, Muhammad Asim.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 147 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Oxford American rheumatology library
Oxford American rheumatology library.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208736
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ISBN:9780199709755
0199709750
019536807X
9780195368079
0195368061
9780195368062
1282543504
9781282543508
9786612543500
6612543507
9780195368079
9780195368062
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Khan, Muhammad Asim. Ankylosing spondylitis. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195368079