Diagnosing early ankylosing spondylitis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Song, In Ho ^b   Sieper, Joachim ^b   Rudwaleit, Martin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DROSOPHILA ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BACKACHE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DROSOPHILA; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SCREENING TEST;

ALGORITHMS; BACK PAIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 35349030909     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-007-0059-1     Document Type: Review

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