Magnetic resonance imaging for spondyloarthritis - Avoiding the minefield

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-265

  Maksymowych, Walter P ^a,b   Lambert, Robert G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 33847054351     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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