Are syndesmophytes most prevalent in the lumbar or in the cervical spine in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and do they develop in a specific direction?

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1432-1439

  Van tubergen, Astrid ^a   Van der heijde, Désirée ^b   Dougados, Maxime ^c   Mielants, Herman ^d   Landewé, Robert ^e,f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Ankylosis; Radiological progression; Structural damage; Syndesmophytes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDESMOPHYTE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84865155204     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes052     Document Type: Article

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