Descriptions of spinal MRI lesions and definition of a positive MRI of the spine in axial spondyloarthritis: A consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI study group

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1278-1288

  Hermann, Kay Geert A ^a   Baraliakos, Xenofon ^b   Van Der Heijde, Désirée M F M ^c   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^d   Landewé, Robert ^e,f   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^g   Østergaard, Mikkel ^h   Rudwaleit, Martin ^a,i   Sieper, Joachim ^a   Braun, Jürgen ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

ⁱ Endokrinologikum Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONSENSUS; COSTOVERTEBRAL JOINT ARTHRITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL LIGAMENT ENTHESITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLITIS; SYNDESMOPHYTE; ZYGOAPOPHYSEAL JOINT ARTHRITIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SCLEROSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 84863854357     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.150680     Document Type: Article

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