Quantitative measurement of syndesmophyte volume and height in ankylosing spondylitis using CT

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 544-550

  Tan, Sovira ^a   Yao, Jianhua ^b   Flynn, John A ^c   Yao, Lawrence ^b   Ward, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPHYTE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893791641     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202661     Document Type: Article

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