Diagnostic dilemma of tuberculosis in the foot and ankle

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 711-715

  Woo, Jin Choi ^a   Seung, Hwan Han ^a   Jong, Hwan Joo ^a   Bom, Soo Kim ^a   Jin, Woo Lee ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine ^*

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANKLE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 46849108938     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0711     Document Type: Article

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