MRI of the axial skeletal manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 400-413

  Levine, D S ^a   Forbat, S M ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Magnetic resonance (MR); Sacroiliac joints; Spine

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SKELETON; SPINE FRACTURE;

EID: 2342440352     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.11.011     Document Type: Review

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