Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Spondyloarthropathies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 187-205

  Braun, Juergen ^a   Baraliakos, Xenofon ^b  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^b German Rheumatology Research Center   (Germany)

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EID: 84882517262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03104-2.50018-1     Document Type: Chapter

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