Thoracic spinal cord compression by a tophus

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-188

  Ntsiba, Honoré ^a   Makosso, Edouard ^a   Moyikoua, Armand ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

Author keywords

Gout; Paraplegia; Tophus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOUT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TOPHUS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949569554     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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