Cervical tuberculosis in early childhood

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-194

  Dogulu, Fikret ^a,b   Baykaner, M Kemali ^a   Onk, Ayhan ^a   Celik, Bulent ^a   Ceviker, Necdet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cervical vertebrae; Spinal fusion; Torticollis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SPINE SURGERY; TORTICOLLIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0038417170     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0694-9     Document Type: Article

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