The prevalence, clinical picture and social significance of ankylosing spodilitis
In this review the problem of the pathology of Ankylosing spondlitis (AS) is considered, statistical data on prevalence of the given disease, description a clinical image, defeat of other organs and systems, quality of life of patients and the social importance are presented. Despite of small prevalence of the AS, its social importance is great, that is caused by early invalidization and stable decrease in quality of life of the patients.