TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boysen,Christine B.
TI  - Ankylosing spondylitis: symptoms, treatment and potential complications 
T2  - Muscular system--anatomy, functions and injuries
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Biomedical
KW  - Ankylosing spondylitis
KW  - Ankylosis
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: OSTEOPOROSIS AND VERTERBAL FRACTURES IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS CURRENT CONCEPTS AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN AS; RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS AND LOW BMD IN AS; VERTEBRAL OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VERTEBRAL OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; BASIC CONCEPTS OF MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF BONE; CYTOKINES AND BONE; BMD IN AS; GUIDELINES FOR BMD MEASUREMENT IN AS; BONE REMODELING BIOMARKERSMARKERS OF BONE FORMATION; MARKERS OF BONE RESORPTION; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF BONE REMODELING MARKERS: PREDICTION OF BONE LOSS AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT; DIAGNOSIS OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; DEFINITION OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; SITES OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN AS; COMPLICATIONS OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; EFFECTS OF DRUGS USED FOR AS ON THE BMD: ANTI-TNF AGENTS AND BMD; MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN AS; BISPHOSPHONATES; ZOLEDRONIC ACID; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: EFFICACY OF ANTI-IL-6 THERAPY FOR SERONEGATIVE SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CASE REPORTS OF TCZ THERAPY FOR SPACASE SERIES OF TCZ THERAPY FOR SPA; RANDOMIZED CONTROL STUDY OF TCZ FOR SPA; PATHOGENIC ROLE OF IL-6 IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF SPA; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: ANTERIOR UVEITIS IN SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY: THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S ROLE IN EARLIER RECOGNITION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE LINK BETWEEN SPA AND AAU; ACUTE ANTERIOR UVEITIS; THE BENEFITS OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS IN SPA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL FRACTURES IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ABSTRACT; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPINAL FRACTURE IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTSDIAGNOSIS; TREMATENT AND COMPLICATIONS; CASE PRESENTATIONS AND ATHOS OPINION; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; INDEX
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