06-03-2025 | Spondyloarthropathy | Review Article
Recent advances and insights into imaging of axial spondyloarthritis
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Metadata
- Title
- Recent advances and insights into imaging of axial spondyloarthritis
- Authors
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Robert G. W. Lambert
Michael J. Tuite
- Publication date
- 06-03-2025
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published in
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Skeletal Radiology
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-025-04899-1