Spinal brace in tuberculosis of spine

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1483-1488

  Alwali, AbdulNasser A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSOAS ABSCESS; RATING SCALE; SKILL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; YEMEN;

EID: 0036957734     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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