Spinal tuberculosis with concomitant spondylolisthesis: Coexisting entities or 'cause and effect'?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Chadha, M ^a,b   Agarwal, A ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

^b C A/16 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Lumbosacral tuberculosis; Spinal imaging; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33744992684     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101852     Document Type: Review

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