Alkaptonuria and lumbar disc herniation: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-89

  Farzannia, Akbar ^a   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^a   Hadidchi, Shahram ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alkaptonuria; Disc herniation; Lumbar spine; Ochronosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; OCHRONOSIS;

EID: 0037221085     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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