Tuberculous, brucellar and pyogenic spondylitis: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging findings and assessment of its value [4]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 613-614

  Yilmaz, Mehmet Halit ^a   Mete, Bilgül ^a   Kantarci, Fatih ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Ozer, Harun ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Mihmanli, Ismail ^a   Ozturk, Recep ^a   Kanberoglu, Kaya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLAR SPONDYLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOGENIC BACTERIUM; PYOGENIC SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 34250758564     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3180600eaa     Document Type: Letter

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