Validation of the ASAS criteria and definition of a positive MRI of the sacroiliac joint in an inception cohort of axial spondyloarthritis followed up for 8 years

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Aydin, Sibel Z ^a   Maksymowych, W P ^b   Bennett, A N ^c,d   McGonagle, D ^e   Emery, P ^e   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^e  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955250121     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.153064     Document Type: Article

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