The clinical utility of computed tomography compared to conventional radiography in diagnosing sacroiliitis. A retrospective study on 910 patients and literature review

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1561-1565

  Geijer, Mats ^a,b   Göthlin, Gro Gadeholt ^a   Göthlin, Jan H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Comparative studies; Diagnosis; Radiography; Spondyloarthropathies; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTHROGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447544254     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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