Magnetic resonance imaging of inflammatory lesions in the spine in ankylosing spondylitis clinical trials: Is paramagnetic contrast medium necessary?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2056-2060

  Hermann, Kay Geert A ^a   Landewé, Robert B M ^b   Braun, Jürgen ^c   Van Der Heijde, Désirée M F M ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; ASspiMRI a; Gd DTPA; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; STIR

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD LESION; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 26444477600     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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