Brief report: Erosions and sclerosis on radiographs precede the subsequent development of syndesmophytes at the same site: A twelve-year prospective followup of patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2773-2779

  Ramiro, Sofia ^a,b   Van Tubergen, Astrid ^c   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^d   Stolwijk, Carmen ^c   Bookelman, Gideon ^c   Dougados, Maxime ^e   Van Den Bosch, Filip ^f   Landewé, Robert B M ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; SYMPTOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84908389479     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.38775     Document Type: Article

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