Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine.

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Published in Spine J on May 05, 2004

Authors

Hoan Vu Nguyen1, Steven C Ludwig, Jeffery Silber, Daniel E Gelb, Paul A Anderson, Lawrence Frank, Alexander R Vaccaro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17036, USA.

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