Surgical treatment of eosinophilic granuloma in the thoracic spine in patients with neurological lesions

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 303-306

  Barros Puertas, Eduardo ^a   Milani, Carlo ^a,b   Melo Chagas, José Carlos ^a   De Oliveira, Valdeci Manoel ^a   Dos Santos, Francisco Prado E ^a   Wajchenberg, Marcelo ^a   Reis Rodrigues, Luciano Miller ^a   De Souza, Paulo Satiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Spinal cord compression; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0141590225     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200309000-00002     Document Type: Article

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