Table of Contents

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

Reviews

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*