Spondylodiscitis in childhood: Results of a long-term study

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-323

  Kayser, Ralph ^a,b   Mahlfeld, Konrad ^a   Greulich, Matthias ^a   Grasshoff, Henning ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Nonoperative management; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444253758     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000152097.57891.98     Document Type: Article

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