Assessment of acute spinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis by magnetic resonance imaging: A comparison between contrast enhanced T1 and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1141-1144

  Baraliakos, X ^b   Hermann, K G A ^c   Landewe R ^d   Listing, J ^e   Golder, W ^f   Brandt, J ^b   Rudwaleit, M ^c   Bollow, M ^g   Sieper, J ^c   Van Der Heijde, D ^d   Braun, J ^a,b  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e German Natl Research Cent for   (Germany)

^f DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^g Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 17244374531     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.031609     Document Type: Article

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