The results of nonoperative treatment of craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: A review of twenty-six cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 540-547

  Arora, Sumit ^a   Sabat, Dhananjaya ^b   Maini, Lalit ^b   Sural, Sumit ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Gautam, V K ^b   Gupta, Ajay ^b   Dhal, Anil ^b  

^a Lok Nayak Hospital ^*  (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 79952766964     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00634     Document Type: Article

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