Clinical characteristics affecting survival in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing cervical spine surgery: a controlled study.

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Published in J Rheumatol on July 01, 1989

Authors

P A Saway1, W D Blackburn, J T Halla, G S Alarcón

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.

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