• The first mass market book on this quite common illness
• Unique in being written by someone who is a world authority on the subject and an AS sufferer
• Provides concise and accessible information for sufferers and their families
• Fully illustrated

Readership: Sufferers from AS, and their friends and family. General Practitioners, Rheumatologists

Muhammad Asim Khan, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

"I would recommend this book to those patients with AS and other spondyloarthropathies who want to know about AS and take control of their disease." - Doody's Journal

1: Facts and myths about ankylosing spondylitis
2: What is ankylosing spondylitis
3: Early symptoms
4: The course of the disease
5: Exercise and physical therapy
6: Drug therapy
7: Nontraditional (complementary, or alternative) therapy
8: Surgical treatment
9: Some later manifestations
10: A typical case history
11: Living with ankylosing spondylitis: some hints
12: The management of AS: an overview
13: The rheumatologist's role
14: Radiology and diagnosis
15: The disease process
16: HLA-B27 and the cause of ankylosing spondylitis
17: Spondyloarthropathies
Appendix 1Ankylosing spondylitis organizations
Appendix 2Glossary
References and further reading