Assessment of MRI abnormalities of the sacroiliac joints and their ability to predict axial spondyloarthritis: A retrospective pilot study on 110 patients

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-358

  Larbi, Ahmed ^a   Viala, Pierre ^a   Molinari, Nicolas ^a   Lukas, Cedric ^a   Baron, Marie Pierre ^a   Taourel, Patrice ^a   Cyteval, Catherine ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axial spondyloarthritis; Bone marrow edema; MRI; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893734513     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1789-y     Document Type: Article

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