Complete posterior migration of intact vertebral body in spinal tuberculosis

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-485

  Sridhar, Krishnamurthy ^a,b   Krishnan, Prasad ^a  

^a National Neurosciences Centre   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Migration; Posterior elements; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY;

CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 70349423649     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.55600     Document Type: Article

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