Validation of whole-body against conventional magnetic resonance imaging for scoring acute inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints of patients with spondylarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 893-899

  Weber, Ulrich ^a   Maksymowych, Walter P ^b   Jurik, Anne G ^c   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Rufibach, Kaspar ^d   Kissling, Rudolf O ^a   Khan, Muhammad A ^e   Lambert, Robert G W ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STANDARD; VALIDITY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650477684     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24542     Document Type: Article

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