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Table 2 Reasons for excluding retrieved articles on cross-sectional studies

From: A systematic critical review on MRI in spondyloarthritis

Study

Reasons for exclusion

Ahlstrom H, et al. (1990) [6]

< 20 controls

Algin O, et al. (2009) [25]

< 20 controls

Algin O, et al. (2010) [26]

< 20 controls

Baraliakos X, et al. (2005) [27]

No controls

Bejia I, et al. (2004) [28]

< 20 cases

Blum U, et al. (1996) [29]

Field strength, < 1.5 Tesla

Bochkova AG, et al. (2010) [30]

No controls

Bollow M, et al. (1993) [31]

Double publication on Bollow et al. [10]

Bollow M, et al. (1994) [32]

Double publication on Bollow et al. [10]

Bozgeyik Z, et al. (2008) [33]

No controls

Braun J, et al. (1994) [34]

< 20 controls

Braun J, et al. (1998) [35]

Reference standard (HLA-B27 status) not a clinical diagnosis

Bredella MA, et al. (2006) [36]

No controls

Chung H Y, et al. (2011) [37]

No controls

Docherty P, et al. (1992) [38]

< 20 controls

Friedburg H, et al. (1987) [39]

No controls

Gleeson TG, et al. (2005) [40]

< 20 cases

Gupta AD, et al. (2009) [41]

< 20 controls

Hanly JGJ, et al. (1994) [42]

< 20 controls

Heuft-Dorenbosch L, et al. (2006) [43]

Reference standard (plain radiographic) not a clinical diagnosis

Heuft-Dorenbosch L, et al. (2006) [44]

No controls

Heuft-Dorenbosch L, et al. (2007) [45]

No controls

Inanc N, et al. (2005) [46]

Reference standard (plain radiographic) not a clinical diagnosis

Jevtic V, et al. (1996) [47]

No controls

Liao Z, et al. (2009) [48]

No MRI of the control group

Liao Z, et al. (2011) [49]

No controls

Luukkainen RK, et al. (2007) [50]

No controls

Marc V, et al. (1997) [51]

< 20 controls

McNally EG, et al. (2001) [52]

< 20 cases

Muche B, et al. (2003) [53]

No controls

Murphey MD, et al. (1991) [54]

< 20 controls

Orchard TR, et al. (2009) [55]

< 20 cases

Peterova V et al. (2006) [56]

No controls

Puhakka KB, et al. (2003) [57]

No controls

Remy, et al. (1996) [58]

No controls

Rennie WJ, et al. (2009) [59]

< 20 controls

Rudwaleit M, et al. (2009) [60]

< 20 controls

Rudwaleit M, et al. (2009) [8]

Insufficient result presentation

Rudwaleit M, et al. (2009) [61]

Insufficient result presentation

Sreedhar C, et al. (2006) [62]

< 20 cases

Weber U, et al. (2007) [63]

< 20 controls

Weber U, et al. (2010) [64]

Double publication on Weber et al. [13]

Wecbach et al. (2009) [65]

No controls

Wienands K, et al. (1990) [66]

No controls

Williamson L, et al. (2004) [67]

Reference standard (orthopedic test) not a clinical diagnosis

Wittram C, et al. (1996) [68]

< 20 controls

Wittram C, et al. (1996) [69]

< 20 controls

Yu W, et al. (1998) [70]

< 20 controls

  1. Studies may have met exclusion criteria other than those listed in the table. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.