Accelerated development of cervical spine instabilities in rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective minimum 5-year cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the incidence and predictive risk factors of cervical spine instabilities which may induce compression myelopathy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Three types of cervical spine instability were radiographically categorized into "moderate" and "...

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Main Authors: Takashi Yurube, Masatoshi Sumi, Kotaro Nishida, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Kozo Kohyama, Tsukasa Matsubara, Yasushi Miura, Hiroaki Hirata, Daisuke Sugiyama, Minoru Doita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928338?pdf=render