Magnetic resonance imaging compared to conventional radiographs for detection of chronic structural changes in sacroiliac joints in axial spondyloarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1557-1565

  Poddubnyy, Denis ^a   Gaydukova, Inna ^b   Hermann, Kay Geert ^a   Song, In Ho ^a   Haibel, Hildrun ^a   Braun, Jürgen ^c   Sieper, Joachim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SARATOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Axial spondyloarthritis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiography; Sacroiliac joints; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL SPONDYLARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT INJURY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCLEROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SUBCHONDRAL SCLEROSIS;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SACROILIAC JOINTS; SACROILIITIS;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84883316062     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130141     Document Type: Article

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