Craniovertebral realignment for basilar invagination and atlantoaxial dislocation secondary to rheumatoid arthritis

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 338-341

  Goel, Atul ^a   Sharma, Praveen ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Basilar invagination; Craniovertebral junction; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKULL DEFECT; SPASTICITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 7244251608     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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