The FAt Spondyloarthritis Spine Score (FASSS): Development and validation of a new scoring method for the evaluation of fat lesions in the spine of patients with axial spondyloarthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Pedersen, Susanne J ^a,b   Zhao, Zheng ^b,c   Lambert, Robert G W ^d   Wichuk, Stephanie ^b   Østergaard, Mikkel ^a   Weber, Ulrich ^b   Maksymowych, Walter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; BONE LESION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAT LESION; FAT SPONDYLOARTHRITIS SPINE SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERTEBRA BODY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84890304273     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4411     Document Type: Article

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