Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Spondyloarthropathies

Developed as a companion text to the 3rd edition of the heralded "Rheumatology", by Hochberg et al., this state-of-the-art reference presents today's understanding of the spondyloarthropathies. You will find thorough examinations of the innovative, new treatments that challenge older concepts of treatment and management of the disease. Noted experts in the field also present the latest concepts in early diagnosis using advanced imaging techniques, cutting-edge knowledge of the pathogenetic and epidemiologic features, essential new developments in immunology, and the most recent understanding of the socio-demographic impact of the disease.

ISBN	0323031048	Part volume	Companion to "Rheumatology" 3r.e.
ISBN13	9780323031042 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Elsevier - Health Sciences Division	Weight (grammes)	757
Imprint	Mosby	Published in	St Louis
Format	Hardback	Series title	Companion to Rheumatology S.
Publication date	23 Mar 2006	Height (mm)	260
Library of Congress	2005056148	Width (mm)	184
DEWEY	616.73	Spine width (mm)	17
DEWEY edition	DC22	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
Pages	256

1	Introduction to the unifying concepts of spondyloarthropathy, including historical aspects of the disease by Susan A. Baker and Michael H. Weisman	1
2	The gut and spondyloarthritis, including aspects of inflammatory bowel disease by Dominique Baeten and Filip De Keyser	7
3	The pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by John D. Reveille and Matthew A. Brown	21
4	Infection and spondyloarthritis by Robert D. Inman and Millicent A. Stone	38
5	Reactive spondyloarthritis : epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment by Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo and Joachim Sieper	53
6	Inflammatory bowel disease spondyloarthritis : epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment by Herman Mielants and Filip van den Bosch	65
7	Undifferentiated spondyloarthritis by Henning Zeidler and Jan Brandt and Sebastian Schnarr	75
8	The juvenile-onset spondyloarthritides by Ruben Burgos-Vargas	94
9	Inflammatory eye disease in spondyloarthritis by Michael S. Wertheim and Tammy M. Martin and James T. Rosenbaum	107
10	Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis and related spondyloarthropathies by Nurullah Akkoc and Muhammad Asim Khan	117
11	Diagnostic and classification criteria by Sandra Guignard and Laure Gossec and Maxime Dougados	132
12	Clinical aspects of ankylosing spondylitis by Shirley W. Pang and John C. Davis, Jr.	145
13	Treatment by Walter P. Maksymowych	154
14	Imaging in ankylosing spondylitis by Juergen Braun and Xenofon Baraliakos	187
15	Assessment of disease activity, function, and quality of life by Desiree van der Heijde and Robert Landewe	206
16	Social and economic consequences by Michael M. Ward	214

BOOK REVIEW FOR Clinical rheumatology. Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Spondylarthropaties: A Companion to Rheumatology 3rd edition This is the most comprehensive and encyclopedic - multi author publication on Ankylosing Spondylitis and related spondylarthropathies published the last years. There is not another group of diseases which have been assured with such a great number of advances in the field of HLA typing, epidemiology, new clinical syndromes, reactive arthritis, enthesitis, arthritigenic bacteriology, imaging and biologic treatment. Thirty-two experts have contributed the last aspects of this intriguing group of diseases with a updated reference list. Prof.emer. Dr. Jan dequeker Rheumatoloy Unit UZ Gasthuisberg Kuleuven Belgium

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Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Spondyloarthropathies

A Companion to Rheumatology 3E

Companion to "Rheumatology" 3r.e.

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