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15010117

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to determine whether MR findings can correlate disease activity as measured by laboratory markers in ankylosing spondylitis. MR images in 19 patients with ankylosing spondylitis were retrospectively analyzed for cartilage abnormality, periarticular erosion, synovial enhancement, and bone marrow edema. Each MR finding was correlated with laboratory inflammatory markers (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP)) and the sum of ESR + CRP. Synovial enhancement showed a significant correlation with ESR (r=0.58; p<0.01) and increased activity at bone scan (r=0.74; p<0.005), whereas there was no significant correlation with CRP. A significant correlation was found between ESR + CRP and synovial enhancement (r=0.54; p<0.05). Synovial enhancement was more common when ESR + CRP was greater than 30 (p<0.05). In conclusion, synovial enhancement at MR imaging could correlate disease activity as measured by laboratory inflammatory markers in ankylosing spondylitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0730-725X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
245-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Sacroiliitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: association of MR findings with disease activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. whjee@catholic.ac.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article