Diagnosis and treatment of spinal epidural abscess;Diagnóstico y tratamiento del absceso epidural espinal

Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Roel, Jose E ^a   Fernandez, Laura ^a   Abraham, Liliana ^a   Cuesta, Maria Celia ^a   Bouza, Gabriel ^a   Boero, Alejandro ^a   Falcon, Jorge L ^a  

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Author keywords

Infectious endocarditis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; AGED; DRAINAGE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032610621     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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