Ankylosing spondylitis
Auteur :
Weisman, Michael H.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195399103
Date de publication :
16 juin 2011
Dimensions :
14,7 x 21,1 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
298 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.