Radiographic changes of the cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis
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Rheumatoid arthritis. Radiological changes in the cervical spine.
OBJECTIVE To describe the radiographic cervical spine changes in rheumatoid arthritis patients. METHODS Forty-nine patients (37 females and 12 males) diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between June 1998 and June 2000, were studied for their radiographic cervical spine changes. Their mean age at disease onset was 41.4 +/- 13...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition)
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2255-5021
DOI: 10.1016/s2255-5021(13)70108-1