Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada magnetic resonance imaging index for assessment of spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 502-509

  Maksymowych, Walter P ^a,b   Inman, Robert D ^c   Salonen, David ^c   Dhillon, Suhkvinder S ^b   Krishnananthan, Ruben ^b   Stone, Millicent ^c   Conner Spady, Barbara ^b   Palsat, Janice ^b   Lambert, Robert G W ^b  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Validation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; INFLIXIMAB; PLACEBO; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 24644471901     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21337     Document Type: Article

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