Ankylosing Spondylitis

Other Places To Get Help

Organizations

Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA  30309
Phone:	1-800-283-7800
Web Address:	www.arthritis.org
The Arthritis Foundation provides grants to help find a cure, prevention methods, and better treatment options for arthritis. It also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make living with arthritis easier, including self-help courses; water- and land-based exercise classes; support groups; home study groups; instructional videotapes; public forums; free educational brochures and booklets; the national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today; and continuing education courses and publications for health professionals.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD  20892-3675
Phone:	1-877-22-NIAMS (1-877-226-4267) toll-free (301) 495-4484
Fax:	(301) 718-6366
TDD:	(301) 565-2966
E-mail:	niamsinfo@mail.nih.gov
Web Address:	www.niams.nih.gov
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is a governmental institute that serves the public and health professionals by providing information, locating other information sources, and participating in a national federal database of health information. NIAMS supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases and supports the training of scientists to carry out this research. The NIAMS Web site provides health information referrals to the NIAMS Clearinghouse, which has information packages about diseases.
Spondylitis Association of America
P.O. Box 5872
Sherman Oaks, CA  91413
Phone:	1-800-777-8189 (818) 981-1616
E-mail:	info@spondylitis.org
Web Address:	www.spondylitis.org
The Spondylitis Association of America (SAA), a national nonprofit organization, is dedicated to the cure of ankylosing spondylitis and related diseases through education, advocacy, awareness, and research.

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Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH	Last Updated: May 18, 2007
Medical Review:	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Stanford M. Shoor, MD - Rheumatology
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