Hydatid disease of bones and joints: 8 cases followed for 4-16 years

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-94

  Sapkas, George S ^a,b   Stathakopoulos, Dimitrios P ^a   Babis, George C ^a   Tsarouchas, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST FLUID; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; ILIAC BONE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

EID: 0031881868     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809002364     Document Type: Article

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