Diagnostic utility of candidate definitions for demonstrating axial spondyloarthritis on magnetic resonance imaging of the spine

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 924-933

  Weber, Ulrich ^a   Zhao, Zheng ^c   Rufibach, Kaspar ^d   Zubler, Veronika ^b   Lambert, Robert G W ^a   Chan, Stanley M ^a   Østergaard, Mikkel ^e   Pedersen, Susanne J ^e   Maksymowych, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84925831714     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.39001     Document Type: Article

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