Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of spinal magnetic resonance imaging in axial spondylarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1331-1341

  Bennett, A N ^a,b   Rehman, A ^c   Hensor, E M A ^a   Marzo Ortega, H ^a   Emery, P ^a   McGonagle, D ^a,d  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c American Hospital Dubai   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; AXIS; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 66049145369     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24493     Document Type: Article

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