Diagnosing axial spondyloarthropathy. The new Assessment in SpondyloArthritis international Society criteria: MRI entering centre stage

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 765-767

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; BACKACHE; BONE MARROW; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 67449139133     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.111435     Document Type: Editorial

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