Conventional treatments for ankylosing spondylitis.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on December 01, 2002

Authors

M Dougados1, B Dijkmans, M Khan, W Maksymowych, Sj van der Linden, J Brandt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, René Descartes University, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faobourg Saint Jacques, F-75014 Paris, France. maxime.dougados@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr

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