MRI and X-ray in axial spondyloarthritis: The relationship between inflammatory and structural changes

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Maksymowych, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BACKACHE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE METABOLISM; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTHESITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STANDARD; X RAY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; X-RAYS;

EID: 84860150277     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3786     Document Type: Review

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