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ISBN: | 9780199709755 0199709750 019536807X 9780195368079 0195368061 9780195368062 1282543504 9781282543508 9786612543500 6612543507 9780195368079 9780195368062
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Khan, Muhammad Asim. Ankylosing spondylitis. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195368079
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