Ankylosing spondylitis (AS, from Greek ankylos, stiff; spondylos, vertebrae), previously known as Bekhterev's disease, Bekhterev syndrome, and Marie-Strümpell disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton with variable involvement of peripheral joints and nonarticular structures. AS is a form of spondyloarthritis, a chronic, inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. It mainly affects joints in the spine and the sacroiliac j...
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Parent Disease:
- Autoimmune Disease ,
- Spondyloarthropathy ,
- Ankylosing spondylitis and other inflammatory spondylopathies ,
- Musculoskeletal disorders
Treatments:
- Adalimumab ,
- Sulfasalazine ,
- Methotrexate ,
- Infliximab ,
- Etanercept ,
- Prednisone ,
- Physical therapy ,
- Naproxen ,
- Indometacin
Also known as:
- Bekhterev syndrome,
- Bekhterev's disease,
- Marie-Strümpell disease,
- AS
