The Spondylarthritides

Book Overview

The term Spondylarthitides refers to a group of common rheumatic disorders affecting the spine and peripheral joints. The distribution of this disease is world-wide, with both men and women affected (the average age of onset being below 30 years). These also serve as a model system for understanding the interaction between disease-inducing micro-organisms, and genetically-susceptible host, since both of these components are particularly well defined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019262749X
• ISBN13: 9780192627490
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 366 Pages