Spondyloarthritis and its main characteristic disease,
ankylosing spondylitis (AS), finally have received the
attention of the medical and rheumatologic community in a major way. Long isolated in the backwaters
of academic research and pharmaceutical industries,
and largely relegated to descriptive concepts, they have
become key players in the fast- and forward-thinking
lanes of genetic, environmental, and pathogenetic links.
It was our feeling that these new ideas needed to be
presented and documented, and that belief was the
genesis behind the current volume.
The chapters that follow address historical concepts and the evolution of the terminology used for these diseases, the epidemiology of AS and related conditions, clinical features, childhood forms of the disease,
The chapters that follow address historical concepts and the evolution of the terminology used for these diseases, the epidemiology of AS and related conditions, clinical features, childhood forms of the disease,
and treatment considerations. The editors have supplied
critical and up-to-date chapters on the pathogenesis
and genetics of AS (or pathogenetics), in addition to
information about outcome measures now commonly
used in clinical trials and in the clinic. Furthermore, we
have brought imaging for AS and related diseases into
the twenty-first century; imaging issues and considerations for early diagnosis are addressed in this volume.
The impact of AS and spondyloarthritis on society in
general and on the patient in particular is prominently
displayed.
It is clear that AS and related diseases will become
hot topics of research and therapeutic interest. We
hope that this volume will provide a foundation for
that effort.
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