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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.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12624705 DOI: 10.1007/s102380300000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Med ISSN: 1591-8890 Impact factor: 3.984