An assessment of back pain and the prevalence of sacroiliitis in sarcoidosis

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Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 192-196

  Erb, Nicola ^a   Cushley, Michael J ^a   Kassimos, Dimitrios G ^a   Shave, Ruth M ^a   Kitas, George D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b The Guest Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Back pain; Sacroiliitis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; TISSUE TYPING; ARTHRITIS; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ARTHRITIS; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13844312876     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.1.192     Document Type: Article

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