Atlantoaxial subluxation as an early manifestation in an adolescent with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Muscal, Eyal ^a   Satyan, Krishna B ^a   Jea, Andrew ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CELECOXIB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

EID: 79959711623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-275     Document Type: Review

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