The clinical usefulness of multidetector computed tomography of the sacroiliac joint for evaluating spondyloarthropathies

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-177

  Lee, You Hyun ^a   Hwang, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Sun Wha ^a   Lee, Jisoo ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; CT; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENTHESOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 36549068872     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.3.171     Document Type: Article

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