Do we really need to evaluate entire cervical spines for squaring score in modified stoke ankylosing spondylitis spinal score?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-479

  Kim, Tae Jong ^a,c   Kim, Hee Sun ^a   Joo, Kyung Bin ^a   Kim, Sungjun ^b   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Modified stoke ankylosing spondylitis spinal score; Squaring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED STROKE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 40649097577     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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