Marginal erosive discovertebral 'Romanus' lesions in ankylosing spondylitis demonstrated by contrast enhanced Gd-DTPA magnetic resonance imaging

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Jevtic, Vladimir ^a   Kos Golja, Mojca ^a   Rozman, Blaz ^a   McCall, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Contrast enhancement; MR imaging; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0034058075     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050005     Document Type: Article

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