Performance of various criteria sets in patients with inflammatory back pain of short duration; the Maastricht early spondyloarthritis clinic

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-98

  Heuft Dorenbosch, L ^a   Landewe R ^a   Weijers, R ^a   Houben, H ^c   Van Der Linden, S ^c   Jacobs, P ^b   Van Der Heijde, D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

ALGORITHMS; BACK PAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33846009754     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.053918     Document Type: Article

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