Are magnetic resonance flexion views useful in evaluating the cervical spine of patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-89

  Reijnierse, Monique ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Kroon, Herman M ^a   Hansen, Bettina ^a   Pope, Thomas L ^b   Bloem, Johan L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Dynamic imaging; Flexion views; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0034099424     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050015     Document Type: Article

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