Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. A long-term analysis with predictors of paralysis and recovery.
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 75 (9) , 1282-1297
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199309000-00004
Abstract
We analyzed the cases of seventy-three patients who were managed over a twenty-year period for rheumatoid involvement of the cervical spine and were followed for a minimum of two years, with an average follow-up of seven years. A neurological deficit did not develop in thirty-one patients (RKeywords
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