Ankylosing Spondylitis |
Spondylitis, Ankylosing |
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, painful, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the autoimmune spondyloarthropathies with a probable genetic predisposition. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine. Signs and symptoms The typical patient is a young man of 15-30 years old with chronic pain and stiffness in the lo ...
Wikipedia - [full article]
Resources
- A new approach to defining disease status in ankylosing spondylitis: the Bath Ankylosing Spondyl (Google Health)
- About Spondylitis: Men's Health (Spondylitis Association of America)
- About the AS Family Genetic Study (Spondylitis Association of America)
- American College of Rheumatology
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (American College of Rheumatology)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (MayoClinic)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (Medline Plus)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (American College of Rheumatology)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (National Institutes of Health)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (Arthritis Foundation)
- Ankylosing spondylitis (Google Health)
- Ankylosing spondylitis and HL-A 27 (Google Health)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis: Coping (University of Washington, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis: Late-Stage Treatment (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Arthritis Foundation
- Childhood Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Substantially More Disabling Than Adult Onset Disease (Spondylitis Association of America)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Spondylitis, Ankylosing (National Institutes of Health)
- Complications: How Is a Person Affected? (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Diagnosis (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Do You and a Brother or Sister Have Ankylosing Spondylitis? (North American Spondylitis Consortium)
- Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for ankylosing spondylitis. A proposal for modification of the (Google Health)
- Find a Rheumatologist (American College of Rheumatology)
- Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis: Latest Studies (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Glossary of Spondylitis Medical Terms (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis (Arthritis Foundation)
- Juvenile Spondyloarthropathy (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Medications (Spondylitis Association of America)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Questions and Answers about Arthritis and Exercise (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Questions and Answers about Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Relief for Patients with Spinal Disorder (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Research News (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Spondylitis Exercises (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Spondylitis in Women (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Spondylitis: Frequently Asked Questions (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Symptoms (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Treatment (Spondylitis Association of America)
- Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy (uSpA) (Spondylitis Association of America)

Not Signed In -

