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Understanding Ankylosing Spondylitis Medications (cont.)

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Author: Catherine B. Driver, MD

Editors: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR, and Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors: Kristine M Lohr, MD, Associate Chief, Program Director, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Tennessee School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine

REFERENCE:

"Medications Used to Treat Ankylosing Spondylitis and Related Diseases." Spondylitis Association of America. <http://www.spondylitis.org/about/medications.aspx>.


Last Editorial Review: 10/5/2010

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