Abstract
Recent years have seen an extraordinary growth in our knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis that has been reflected in the development of new therapies and changing clinical practice. This chapter will review two of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis and explore their epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment.
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White, D. (2012). Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Pietschmann, P. (eds) Principles of Osteoimmunology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0520-7_8
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