Rare differenzial diagnosis of a radicular spine syndrome: Herpes zoster radiculitis;herpes-zoster-neuritis als seltene differenzialdiagnose eines radikalären wirbelsäulensyndromes

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-586

  Koch, Peter ^a   Diedrich, O ^b   Pennekamp, P H ^a   Schmitz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Abteilung für Orthopädie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Herpes zoster; Radicular syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES ZOSTER RADICULITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULAR SPINE SYNDROME; RADICULITIS; SPINE DISEASE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33846283404     PISSN: 00443220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-942336     Document Type: Article

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