Primary vertebral echinococcosis: Four cases reports and review of literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 320-323

  Bahloul, K ^a,b   Ghorbel, M ^a   Boudouara, M Z ^a   Ben Mansour, H ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus; Hydatid; Parasitic infection; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845244150     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690601000485     Document Type: Review

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