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Diagnostics and Treatment of C1/C2-Instability in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease affecting the synovial joints, bones and ligaments. Though it mainly affects the small peripheral joints, the second most frequent disease locus is the cervical spine, as in itself comprises 32 synovial joints [1].

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  1. Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

    George K. Prezerakos & Adrian T. H. Casey

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Prezerakos, G.K., Casey, A.T.H. (2019). Diagnostics and Treatment of C1/C2-Instability in Rheumatoid Arthritis. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_42

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