MR-defined fat infiltration of the lumbar paravertebral muscles differs between non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and established ankylosing spondylitis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 811-816

  Akgul, Ozgur ^a   Gulkesen, Arif ^b   Akgol, Gurkan ^b   Ozgocmen, Salih ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Fat infiltration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paravertebral muscle

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; ERECTOR SPINA MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 84880841886     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0750-6     Document Type: Article

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