Dissociation of Atlantoaxial Junction in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Case Report

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1173-1175

  Liang, Cheng Loong ^a   Lu, Kang ^a   Lee, Tao Chen ^a   Lin, Ying Chao ^a   Chen, Han Jung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036898141     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200212000-00024     Document Type: Article

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