Occult vertebral fractures in ankylosing spondylitis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 444-447

  Finkelstein, J A ^a,c   Chapman, J R ^b   Mirza, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Fracture; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032982133     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100837     Document Type: Article

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