Isolated atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in a child with seronegative spondyloarthropathy presenting with torticollis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Haasbeek, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Lessard, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Box 6003 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Children; Rotatory fixation; Seronegative spondyloarthropathy; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NAPROXEN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TORTICOLLIS;

ARTHRITIS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0031974974     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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