Minor neck trauma in chronic ankylosing spondylitis: A potentially fatal combination

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-84

  Smith, Margaret D ^a,f   Scott, Jeffery M ^b   Murali, Raj ^c,d   Sander, Howard W ^c,d,e  

^a CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lee Memorial Health System   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Hypoglossal palsy; Minor cervical trauma

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; GADOLINIUM; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; MALE; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247142828     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000260484.95842.3a     Document Type: Article

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