Rheumatoid arthritis of the craniovertebral junction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Krauss, William E ^a   Bledsoe, Jonathan M ^a   Clarke, Michelle J ^a   Nottmeier, Eric W ^b   Pichelmann, Mark A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Basilar invagination; Craniovertebral junction; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ARTHRODESIS; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKULL DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SUBAXIAL SUBLUXATION; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; AXIS; CERVICAL ATLAS; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 77649134509     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365854.13997.B0     Document Type: Review

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