Vertical translocation: The enigma of the disappearing atlantodens interval in patients with myelopathy and rheumatoid arthritis. Part I. Clinical, radiological, and neuropathological features

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 856-862

  Casey, Adrian T H ^b   Crockard, H Alan ^a   Geddes, Jennian F ^b   Stevens, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basilar impression; Cervical vertebra; Cranial settling; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vertical translocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030695035     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.6.0856     Document Type: Article

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