Rheumatoid arthritis. Radiological changes in the cervical spine

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 396-399

  Al Boukai, Ahmed A ^a   Al Arfaj, Abdurhman S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE EROSION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037517077     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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