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Previous Volume 339:1865 December 17, 1998 Number 25

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Edited by Andrei Calin and Joel D. Taurog. 353 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. $98.50. ISBN 0-19-262749-X.

Ankylosing spondylitis and its related disorders form a group of conditions that have intriguing clinical, radiologic, and immunogenetic features but that are relatively poorly understood and frequently lead to diagnostic difficulties and problems with treatment. The striking association between ankylosing spondylitis and the class I HLA-B27 antigen was first reported in 1973. This observation has spawned a lot of interest and research in the field of cellular immunology and molecular biology in the spondylarthritides, but not much of this research has yet had a direct influence on patient care. It is therefore timely that a book has been written to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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