An overview of diagnosis and current management of ankylosing spondylitis.

Presented in a clear, concise format
High quality clinical photos and figures to enhance descriptions and aid diagnosis
Written bywell-known authors in the field"

A thorough guide for readers to quickly gain an update on standard diagnosis and treatment methods for axial spondyloarthritis. Approximately 80 illustrations and images are used throughout the text to exemplify the disease and diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Easily accessible text and tables review the current treatment recommendations and emerging treatment options based on recent clinical trials.

Ankylosing Spondylitis in Clinical Practice is a concise, practical guide on the diagnosis and management of this debilitating condition. This book is aimed at clinicians who treat Ankylosing Spondylitis. It provides an authoritative, accessible guide to the diagnosis, management and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.

Edited by Drs. Juergen Braun and Joachim Sieper, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics comprehensively reviews the state of the art of spondyloarthritis (SpA) diagnosis, prognosis, pathogenesis and genetic insights, and treatment. The worldwide burden of SpA now exceeds that of rheumatoid arthritis. General topics covered include inflammatory back pain, pathophysiology, imaging techniques, and therapeutic strategies.

Clinician's Manual on Axial Spondyloarthritis is a concise review, which discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, subsets of the disease, diagnosis, imaging and current and emerging treatments for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The book was originally commissioned due to the recent advances in the field and is an update to the 2009 Clinician's Manual on Ankylosing Spondylitis. The Manual is heavily illustrated with demonstrative images, diagnostic guides and treatment algorithms from the authors' practice and from their organization the ASAS (Assessment in SpondyloArthritis international Society).