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  • Title: The treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
    Author: Scalapino KJ, Davis JC.
    Journal: Clin Exp Med; 2003 Feb; 2(4):159-65. PubMed ID: 12624705.
    Abstract:
    Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disorder affecting the axial skeleton and periphery. Symptoms can often be debilitating. Current therapy for the disease include physical therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS, anti-rheumatic disease modifying drugs (DMARDS), and the newly developed biologic agents targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). This paper will provide a comprehensive review of these treatments which focusing on evidence based medicine for the daily clinical practice of rheumatology.
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