Scoring sacroiliac joints by magnetic resonance imaging. A multiple-reader reliability experiment

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2050-2055

  Landewé, Robert B M ^a,b   Hermann, Kay Geert A ^c   Van Der Heijde, Désirée M F M ^a,b   Baraliakos, Xenophon ^d   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^e   Lambert, Robert G ^f   Østergaard, Mikkel ^g   Rudwaleit, Martin ^c   Salonen, David C ^h   Braun, Jürgen ^d   Bollow, Matthias ⁱ   Emery, Paul ⁱ   Inman, Robert ⁱ   Van De Laar, Mart ⁱ   Maksymowych, Walter ⁱ   Marzo Ortega, Helena ⁱ   O'Connor, Phil ⁱ   Oostveen, Ans ⁱ   Sieper, Jochen ⁱ   Stone, Millicent ⁱ   De Vlam, Kurt ⁱ   more..

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ University of Toronto ^*

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reliability; Sacroiliac joint; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM OF CANADA SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 26444554970     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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