Cervical spine disease in rheumatoid arthritis: How common a finding? How uncommon a problem?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1775-1778

  Matteson, Eric L ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0037667354     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11085     Document Type: Editorial

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