Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: Standard clinical protocols may omit inflammatory lesions in thoracic vertebrae

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1187-1193

  Rennie, Winston J ^a   Dhillon, Suhkvinder S ^b   Conner Spady, Barbara ^b   Maksymowych, Walter P ^b   Lambert, Robert G W ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 69749127941     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24561     Document Type: Article

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