Scanning of the sacroiliac joint and entheses by color doppler ultrasonography in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1651-1655

  Hu, Yizhou ^a   Zhu, Jiaan ^a,c   Xue, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Niansong ^a,b   Hu, Bing ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Doppler ultrasonography; Enthesitis; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDILITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961103426     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.101366     Document Type: Article

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