Development and preliminary validation of the spondyloarthritis research consortium of Canada magnetic resonance imaging sacroiliac joint structural score

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-86

  Maksymowych, Walter P ^a   Wichuk, Stephanie ^a   Chiowchanwisawakit, Praveena ^b   Lambert, Robert G ^a   Pedersen, Susanne J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

MRI; Sacroiliac joint; Spondyloarthritis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT METAPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM OF CANADA SIJ STRUCTURAL SCORE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CANADA; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANADA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84920406204     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140519     Document Type: Article

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