Lumbar spinal stenosis in an outpatient clinic in Lome, Togo;Le canal lombaire rétréci en consultation rhumatologique à Lomé (Togo)

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-266

  Oniankitan, O ^a   Magnan, A ^a   Fianyo, E ^a   Mijiyawa, M ^a,b  

^a CHU   (Togo)

^b NONE   (Togo)

Author keywords

Black Africa; Low back pain; Lumbar spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; NEURALGIA; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARESTHESIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOGO;

EID: 36348977499     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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