Brucellar spondylitis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-226

  Bodur, Hürrem ^a   Erbay, Ayse ^a,b   Çolpan, Aylin ^a   Akıncı, Esragül ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Incidence; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 4043131896     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0350-z     Document Type: Article

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