Progression of cervical spine instabilities in rheumatoid arthritis: A prospective cohort study of outpatients over 5 years

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 647-653

  Yurube, Takashi ^a   Sumi, Masatoshi ^b   Nishida, Kotaro ^a   Takabatake, Masato ^b   Kohyama, Kozo ^c   Matsubara, Tsukasa ^d   Ozaki, Takuma ^e   Maeno, Koichiro ^a   Kakutani, Kenichiro ^a   Zhang, Zhongying ^a   Doita, Minoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^d Matsubara Mayflower Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hyogo Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

arthritis mutilans; atlantoaxial subluxation; cervical spine, instability; prospective cohort study; rheumatoid arthritis; subaxial subluxation; vertical subluxation

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SUBAXIAL SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTICAL SUBLUXATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955066199     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181da21c5     Document Type: Article

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