Magnetic resonance imaging in spondyloarthritis - How to quantify findings and measure response

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 637-657

  Østergaard, Mikkel ^a,b   Poggenborg, René Panduro ^a,b   Axelsen, Mette Bjørndal ^a,b   Pedersen, Susanne Juhl ^a,c  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; magnetic resonance imaging; monitoring; prognostic factors; psoriatic arthritis; spondyloarthritis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; JOINT; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 78049423507     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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