Imaging of seronegative spondyloarthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1045-1059

  Tan, A L ^a   McGonagle, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

enthesitis; imaging seronegative spondyloarthritis; MRI; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BONE EROSION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIITIS; SAPHO SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

AUTOANTIBODIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 56549129851     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.09.006     Document Type: Review

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