Craniovertebral junction Pott's disease

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Kotil, K ^a   Dalbayrak, S ^a   Alan, S ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral junction; Pott's disease; Spinal cord; Tuberculosis; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMBIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BASILAR ARTERY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORALITY; MORBIDITY; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 1542616504     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690410001660472     Document Type: Article

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