Atlantoaxial fusion and retrodental pannus in rheumatoid arthritis

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1580-1584

  Grob, Dieter ^a   Würsch, Renate ^a,b   Grauer, Walter ^c   Sturzenegger, Jürg ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Medizinisch Radiologische Institute Zürich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Fusion; Retrodental pannus; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344431339     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199707150-00010     Document Type: Article

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