Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-334

  Vu Nguyen, Hoan ^a   Ludwig, Steven C ^b   Silber, Jeffery ^c   Gelb, Daniel E ^b   Anderson, Paul A ^d   Frank, Lawrence ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^f  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Cervical spine; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; FATALITY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY;

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

EID: 2342424873     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2003.10.006     Document Type: Review

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