Radiological cervical spine involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross sectional study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 801-806

  Zikou, Anastasia K ^a   Alamanos, Yannis ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a   Tsifetaki, Niki ^a   Tsampoulas, Constantinos ^a   Voulgari, Paraskevi V ^a   Efremidis, Stavros C ^a   Drosos, Alexandros A ^b,c  

^a Department of Radiology ^*

^b Division of Rheumatology   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; Cervical spine; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subaxial subluxations

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18744363362     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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