Diagnostic value of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance image in early ankylosing spondylitis

Background: Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) shows the early changes in microscopical movement of water molecules, hence diagnosis of early sacroiliitis which is one of the diagnostic criteria of seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Objective: To determine the value of DW-MRI in detection of signal ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khaled Dewan, Hanan El-saadany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
AS
MRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14000606