Applications of bone scintigraphy in ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-62

  Peh, Wilfred C G ^a   Ho, W Y ^a   Luk, Keith D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Back pain; Pseudoarthrosis; Radionuclides; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCINTIGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0031025315     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-7071(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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