The spondylarthritides

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The spondylarthritides

edited by Andrei Calin and Joel D. Taurog

Oxford University Press, c1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-347) and index

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Description

This book provides extensive clinical descriptions of the spondylarthritides, as well as reviews of the clinical features of these diseases. Written by an international team comprised of leading authorities in the field, the book will be of considerable interest to clinicians and researchers who treat or investigate these specif, and related, inflammatory disorders.

Table of Contents

  • Terminology introduction, diagnostic criteria and overview
  • A worldwide overview: The epidemiology of HLA-B27 and associated spondylarthritides
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Clinical aspects
  • Reative arthritis and Reiter's syndrome - the clinical spectrum
  • Enteric infections and arthritis: Clinical aspects
  • Chlamydia-induced arthritis
  • Psoriatic arthritis and spondylitis: A clinical approach
  • The eye in spondylarthritis
  • Enteric infections and arthritis: Bacteriological aspects
  • HLA-B27, ankylosing spondylitis, an the spondyloarthropathies
  • Mechanisms of arthritis associatied with chronic intestinal inflammations
  • Animal models of the spondyloarthropathies
  • Disease and outcome indices/instruments for the spondyloarthropathies
  • Ankylosing spondyltis - the patients point of view
  • HLA-B27 subtypes, disease susceptability and peptide binding specificity
  • References
  • Index

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