Imaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Diagnostic Problems and Pitfalls

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-522

  Baraliakos, Xenofon ^a   Hermann, Kay Geert A ^b   Braun, Jürgen ^a  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pitfalls; Sacroiliac joints

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AXIAL SPONDYLARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

ARTHROGRAPHY; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84867833045     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2012.08.011     Document Type: Review

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