Incidence of subaxial subluxation in patients with generalized rheumatoid arthritis who have had previous occipital cervical fusions

Spine

Volumn 16, Issue , 1991, Pages S486-S489

  Kraus, David R ^a   Peppelman, Walter C ^a   Agarwal, Amrit K ^a   DeLeeuw, Henry W ^a   Donaldson, William F ^a  

^a St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion extension; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subaxial subluxation; Upper cervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0026001468     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199110001-00006     Document Type: Article

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