Magnetic resonance imaging findings of the cervical spine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A cross-sectional study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 665-670

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spine radiographs; DAS 28; Larsen score; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANNUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 24944450461     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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