Bone and joint tuberculosis in children in the Blackburn area since 2006: A case series

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Holland, Timothy Stephen ^a   Sangster, Marshall J ^a   Paton, Robin W ^a   Ormerod, Lawrence P ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackburn; Bone and joint infection; Bone TB; Joint TB; Sacro iliac TB; TB; TB hip; TB surveillance; TB talus; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749090717     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-009-0232-3     Document Type: Article

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