Brucellosis of the spine: Evaluation of the clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings of 14 patients

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Namiduru, Mustafa ^a   Karaoglan, Ilkay ^a   Gursoy, Savas ^a   Bayazit, Nurhayat ^a   Sirikci, Akif ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Spondylitis; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SACRUM; SCINTIGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942704295     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0339-7     Document Type: Article

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