Comparing morphometric X-ray absorptiometry and radiography in defining vertebral wedge fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1667-1671

  Vosse, D ^a   Heijckmann, C ^b   Landewe R ^a   van der Heijde, D ^a   van der Linden, S ^a   Geusens, P ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Assessment vertebral deformities; Bone failure; Fractures; Morphometric radiography (MRX); Morphometric X ray absorptiometry (MXA); Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 35548970763     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem135     Document Type: Article

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