Lumbar spinal root compression caused by brucella granuloma

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-493

  Özerbil, Önder Murat ^a,b   Ural, Onur ^a   Topatan, Halil Ìbrahim ^a   Erongun, Ugur ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Selcuk U Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Extradural granuloma; Low back pain; Lumbar involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032519477     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199802150-00017     Document Type: Article

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