Clinical and radiological features of atlantoaxial joints in rheumatoid arthritis

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 196-200

  Babic Naglic D ^a   Potocki K ^a   Curkovic B ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial joints; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0032867136     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930050170     Document Type: Article

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