Radiculomyelitis due to atypical tuberculous infection: 4 cases report

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-587

  Feng, Yanqing ^a   Guo, Ning ^a   Huang, Fan ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Sun, Qiaosong ^a   Liu, Junxiu ^a   Lai, Rong ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS RADICULOMYELITIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYELITIS; RADICULOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953888420     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.198556     Document Type: Article

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