When does subluxation of the first carpometacarpal joint cause swan- neck deformity of the thumb in rheumatoid arthritis: A 20-year follow-up study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Belt, E ^a   Kaarela, K ^a   Lehtinen, J ^a   Kautiainen, H ^a   Kauppi, M ^a   Lehto, M U K ^b  

^a RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

First carpometacarpal joint; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subluxation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBLUXATION; THUMB MALFORMATION;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; THUMB; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031745638     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01452260     Document Type: Article

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