Neurologic dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. Predictive value of clinical, radiographic and MR imaging parameters

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 467-473

  Reijnierse, M ^a   Dijkmans, B A C ^a   Hansen, B ^a   Pope, T L ^a   Kroon, H M ^a   Holscher, H C ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Bloem, J L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical spine radiography; MR; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0034884815     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000557     Document Type: Article

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