Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the atlas: A report of three cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2313-2317

  Tanaka, Nobuhiro ^a   Fujimoto, Yoshinori ^b   Okuda, Teruaki ^a   Nakanishi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Sumida, Tadayoshi ^c   Manabe, Hideki ^c   Ochi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JA Hiroshima General Hospital   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; ATLAS; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; LANGERHANS CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 26044480861     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200510000-00023     Document Type: Article

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