Whole-body MRI for inflammatory arthritis and other multifocal rheumatoid diseases

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Weckbach, Sabine ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; CRMO; inflammatory arthritis; inflammatory myopathy; MR protocol; multifocal disease; whole body MRI

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84870292696     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329881     Document Type: Article

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