Purpose To evaluate the potential of etanercept versus sulfasalazine to reduce active
inflammatory lesions on whole-body MRI in active axial spondyloarthritis with a symptom duration …

Entheses are sites where tendons, ligaments, joint capsules or fascia attach to bone.
Inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) is a well-known hallmark of spondyloarthritis (SpA). As …

Purpose To evaluate the incidence of MRI‐related claustrophobia and prematurely terminated
MRI (ptMRI) examinations due to claustrophobia in a large‐scale cohort study. Materials …

Since the advent of highly effective TNF-α inhibitors for treating spondyloarthritides, referring
rheumatologists have been requesting the sensitive visualization of inflammatory changes …

Aim To investigate the relationship between active inflammatory lesions on whole-body MRI
(wb-MRI) and new development of chronic lesions on T1 MRI in patients with early axial …

Objective To evaluate active inflammatory lesions (AIL) and structural changes (SC) in patients
with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) compared with patients …

Objective. To evaluate the potential of MRI of finger and wrist joints for diagnosing early RA.
MRI was evaluated as a stand-alone tool and in combination with ACR criteria and serum …

… To the best of our knowledge, no study so far has investigated the efficacy of CE… CE-MRI.
Further objectives of our study were the diagnostic value of B-mode and PDS compared with CE…

Objective We assessed whether there is a difference to etanercept (ETA) treatment in
patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared with non-radiographic axial SpA (nr-axSpA) …

Purpose The aims of this study were (1) to assess the frequency and duration of drug-free
remission and efficacy of etanercept (ETA) treatment after flare in patients with early active …