Magnetic resonance imaging of the sacroiliac joints in the early detection of spondyloarthritis: No added value of gadolinium compared with short tau inversion recovery sequence

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1220-1224

  de Hooge, Manouk ^a   Van den Berg, Rosaline ^a   Navarro Compán, Victoria ^a   Van Gaalen, Floris ^a   Van der Heijde, Désirée ^a   Huizinga, Tom ^a   Reijnierse, Monique ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; MRI; Sacroiliitis; Spondyloarthritis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTHESITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY SEQUENCE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

GADOLINIUM; MRI; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

ADULT; BONE MARROW DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879836186     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket012     Document Type: Article

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