Craniovertebral tuberculosis: A retrospective review of 13 cases managed conservatively

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1629-1634

  Chadha, Manish ^a,b   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Singh, Arun Pal ^a  

^a UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Conservative treatment; Craniovertebral tuberculosis; Occipitocervical tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOVERTEBRAL TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBLUXATION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34447320755     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318074d41e     Document Type: Article

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