Scoring radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis: Should we use the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score (mSASSS) or the Radiographic Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (RASSS)?

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ramiro, Sofia ^a,b   van Tubergen, Astrid ^c,d   Stolwijk, Carmen ^c,d   Landewé, Robert ^a,e   van de Bosch, Filip ^f   Dougados, Maxime ^g   van der Heijde, Désirée ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED STOKE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SPINE SCORE; RADIOGRAPHIC ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SPINAL SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; X RAY FILM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84872266356     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4144     Document Type: Article

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