Scoring inflammatory activity of the spine by magnetic resonance imaging in ankylosing spondylitis: A multireader experiment

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 862-870

  Lukas, Cédric ^a   Braun, Jürgen ^f   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a,b   Hermann, Kay Geert A ^g   Rudwaleit, Martin ^g   Østergaard, Mikkel ^d   Oostveen, Ans ^c   O'Connor, Phil ^h   Maksymowych, Walter P ⁱ   Lambert, Robert G W ⁱ   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^e   Baraliakos, Xenofon ^f   Landewé, Robert ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankylosing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spondylitis; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34247374375     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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