An atypical presentation of tuberculosis of the spine

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 716-719

  Pande, K C ^a,b   Pande, S K ^a   Babhulkar, S S ^a  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc protrusion; Spinal infection; Tuberculosis of the spine

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0030448337     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.130     Document Type: Article

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