The diagnostic value of scintigraphy in assessing sacroiliitis in ankylosing spondylitis: A systematic literature research

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1535-1540

  Song, I H ^a   Carrasco Fernandez J ^b   Rudwaleit, M ^a   Sieper, Joachim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 54349111700     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.083089     Document Type: Article

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