Short-course chemotherapy in the treatment of Pott's paraplegia: Report on five year follow-up

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-158

  Rajeswari, R ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a   Venkatesan, P ^a   Sivasubramanian, S ^a   Soundarapandian, S ^b   Shanmugasundaram, T K ^b   Prabhakar, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Pott's paraplegia; Short course chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARAPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; REMISSION INDUCTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0031107464     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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