Modic changes and spondylodiscitis at multiple levels of the thoracolumbar spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Zinnuroǧronlu, Murat ^a,b   Kaya, Erkan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Bursa Public Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; Modic changes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; COMPLICATION; DISKITIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAGNETOTHERAPY; PATHOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; DISCITIS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77954114444     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0252     Document Type: Article

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