Justification for including MRI as a tool in the diagnosis of axial SpA

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 670-672

  Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a   Rudwaleit, Martin ^b   Landewé, Robert B M ^c   Sieper, Jochen ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AXIAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOSIS; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 78049526722     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.160     Document Type: Review

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