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Conventional radiography versus MRI: how best to diagnose early spondyloarthritis?

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boxed-textHeuft-Dorenbosch L et al. (2006) Combining information obtained from magnetic resonance imaging and conventional radiographs to detect sacroiliitis in patients with recent onset inflammatory back pain. Ann Rheum Dis 65: 804–808

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