*Edited by Jacome Bruges-Armas*

The first section of the book entitled Clinical and Molecular Advances in Ankylosing Spondylitis is a review of the clinical manifestations of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Spondyloarthritis (SpA). The book includes chapters on Bone Mineral Density measurements, two chapters on the temporomandibular joints, axial fractures, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. Molecular genetics and immune response are analyzed in the second section of the book; information on HLA-B\*27, other MHC genes and the immune response of AS patients to bacteria is reviewed and updated. Two chapters are dedicated to recent information on non-MHC genes in AS susceptibility, and to new data on disease pathways generated from gene expression studies on peripheral blood.

ISBN 978-953-51-0137-6

Clinical and Molecular Advances in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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## Clinical and Molecular Advances in Ankylosing Spondylitis

*Edited by Jacome Bruges-Armas*

**CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR** 

**ADVANCES IN ANKYLOSING** 

**SPONDYLITIS** 

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Edited by **Jacome Bruges-Armas**

## **CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR ADVANCES IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS**

Edited by **Jacome Bruges-Armas**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1057 Edited by Jacome Bruges-Armas

#### **Contributors**

Raveendra Manemi, Rooprashmi Kenchangoudar, Fernando Manuel Pimentel-Santos, Stamatios Papadakis, Konstantinos Kateros, Spyros Galanakos, George Macheras, Pavlos G Katonis, George Sapkas, J. Francisco Zambrano-Zaragoza, Salvador Pena-Virgen, Angelica Nallelhy Rodriguez-Ocampo, Juan Manuel Agraz-Cibrian, Norberto Vibanco-Perez, Ma De Jesus Duran-Avelar, Jeanette Wolf, Wen-Chan Tsai, Jacome Bruges-Armas, Ana Rita Couto Rendeiro, Bruno Filipe Bettencourt, Iris Foroni, Manuela Lima, Lina Venceviciene, Rimantas Vencevicius, Irena Butrimiene

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