Cervical spine involvement

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anterior atlantoaxial subluxation

" Rheumatoid cervical spine disorders are so common that cervical spine

radiographs should be taken in every patient with RA during the

disease course; they all are potential cases of [anterior atlantoaxial

subluxation] aAAS, " Kauppi writes. " Patients with highly active

disease might be screened, for example, every third or fourth year

even without cervical symptoms. "

Annette