Osteoarthricular involvement of brucellosis in Turkey

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-219

  Taova Y ^a   Saltoglu N ^a   Sahin G ^b   Aksu, H S Z ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adana Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Osteoarthricular involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BURSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TETRACYCLINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 0345211576     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050087     Document Type: Article

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