Radiological scoring methods in ankylosing spondylitis: Reliability and sensitivity to change over one year

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 997-1002

  Spoorenberg, Anneke ^a   De Vlam, Kurt ^b   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^b   De Klerk, Erik ^b   Dougados, Maxime ^b   Mielants, Herman ^b   Van Der Tempel, Hille ^b   Boers, Maarten ^b   Van Der Linden, Sjef ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ankylosing Spondylitis; Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index; Outcome; Radiology; Spondyloarthropathy; Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0032937619     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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