Imaging manifestations of spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2067-2076

  Wang, Yi Fen ^a,c   Teng, Michael Mu Huo ^a,b   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a,b   Wu, Hung Ta ^a,b   Wang, Shih Tien ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; EVALUATION; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32944458111     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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