Percivall Pott: Tuberculous Spondylitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Sternbach, George ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pott's disease; Spondylitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EPONYMS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0029688971     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(95)02053-5     Document Type: Article

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