Ankylosing spondylitis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Muhammad Asim Khan
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780192632821
Description
1 Facts and myths about ankylosing spondylitis 1 2 What is ankylosing spondylitis? 5 3 Early symptoms 13 4 The course of the disease 19 5 Exercise and physical therapy 23 6 Drug therapy 37 7 Nontraditional (complementary, or alternative) therapy 51 8 Surgical treatment 61 9 Some later manifestations 65 10 A typical case history 71 11 Living with ankylosing spondylitis: some hints 75 12 The management of AS: an overview 87 13 The rheumatologist’s role 91 14 Radiology and diagnosis 95 15 The disease process 101 16 HLA-B27 and the cause of ankylosing spondylitis 111 17 Spondyloarthropathies 125 Appendix 1 Ankylosing spondylitis organizations 143 Appendix 2 Glossary 151 References and further reading 173 Index 183
Ankylosing spondilitis is a chronic form of arthritis known to affect around one in 200 people. This book is written by someone who is not only a leading expert on AS, but is affected by it himself.
