Ankylosing spondylitis without radiological sacroiliitis: a (re)current problem

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 584-586

  Wendling, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Diagnosis; Imaging; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33845483657     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2006.04.004     Document Type: Editorial

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