Pattern of spinal tuberculosis at Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad/Jamshoro

Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Devrajani, Bikha Ram ^a   Ghori, Rafi Ahmed ^a   Memon, Nizamuddin ^a   Memon, Muhammad Ali ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Management; Pott's disease; Spine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33747872413     PISSN: 17290341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22442/jlumhs.06510083     Document Type: Article

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