Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 623-624

  Nozawa, Satoshi ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Sakaguchi, Yasumichi ^a   Hosoe, Hideo ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142675198     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040601-22     Document Type: Article

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