Medical management of Pott disease in the thoracic and lumbar spine: A prospective clinical study

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Kotil, Kadir ^a,b   Alan, M Servet ^a   Bilge, Turgay ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lumbar spine; Medical management; Pott disease; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TISSUE SECTION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 34047153969     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.3.222     Document Type: Article

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