Spontaneous atlantoaxial subluxation as a presenting manifestation of juvenile ankylosing spondylitis in a female HLA-B27-negative patient

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 455-457

  Breda, Luciana ^a   Palazzi, Carlo ^b   De Michele, Giuseppina ^a   De Sanctis, Sara ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a  

^a Ospedale Policlinico   (Italy)

^b Villa Pini Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH DISORDER; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 21644436545     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1651-x     Document Type: Article

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