Cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Correlation between neurological manifestations and magnetic resonance imaging findings

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1814-1819

  Narváez, Jose A ^a   Narvaez J ^b   Serrallonga, M ^c   De Lama, E ^a   De Albert, M ^a   Mast, R ^a   Nolla, J M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c Centre Bellvitge   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Compressive myelopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649103915     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken314     Document Type: Article

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