Unusual forms of spinal tuberculosis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-457

  du Plessis, Jaco ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Theron, Salomine ^a   Wieselthaler, Nicky ^b   Hayes, Murray ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Extradural abscess; Intramedullary; Spinal tuberculosis; Spondylitis; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GADOLINIUM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANOREXIA; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIARRHEA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LETHARGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENINGISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPONDYLITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VOMITING;

ARACHNOIDITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 40249095275     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0525-0     Document Type: Article

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