Ankylosing Spondylitis

by Michael H . Weisman (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $3.31

  Primarily a genetically determined family of diseases, AS typically strikes young people and young families. There is no cure, but medications, physical therapy, and surgery are used to control the disease. This book informs patients and their families about the disease, its outcome and prognosis, treatment concerns, drug side effects, and impact on functional disability.