Cervical lesions related to the systemic progression in rheumatoid arthritis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2052-2056

  Fujiwara, Keiju ^a,b   Fujimoto, Masahiro ^a   Owaki, Hajime ^a   Kono, Jyoji ^a   Nakase, Takanobu ^a   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^a   Ochi, Takahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Carpal height ratio; Cervical spine; Disease subset; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE EROSION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032191786     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199810010-00003     Document Type: Article

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