An extraordinary cause of vertebral fracture in pregnant woman: Brucellosis

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-303

  Cebesoy, Fatma Bahar ^a   Balat, Ozcan ^a   Mete, Ahmet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combined antibiotics; Pregnancy; Spinal Brucella; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SPINAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149110399     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0887-x     Document Type: Article

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