Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: A review of 29 cases

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-176

  Krishnan, Anant ^a   Patkar, Deepak ^b   Patankar, Tufail ^a   Shah, Jeshil ^b   Prasad, Srinivasa ^a   Bunting, Troy ^c   Castillo, Mauricio ^c   Mukherji, Suresh K ^c,d  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral junction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; CT-SCAN; NECK STIFFNESS; SKULL BASE; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT-TISSUE MASS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL-CORD; SUBLUXATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0035108989     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200103000-00003     Document Type: Review

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