Erosions are the most relevant magnetic resonance imaging features in quantification of sacroiliac joints in ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 622-627

  Wick, Marius C ^a   Weiss, Rüdiger J ^b   Jaschke, Werner ^a   Klauser, Andrea S ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankylosing Spondylitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MARROW DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 77949729294     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090602     Document Type: Article

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