Cervical spine pseudogout with myelopathy and Charcot joints

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1445-1448

  Fidler, Wesley K ^a   Dewar, Catharine L ^a,b   Fenton, Paul V ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charcot arthropathy; Myelopathy; Pseudogout

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AGED; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST;

EID: 0029781402     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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