Pott disease in a 13-month-old: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Consigilieri, Giac ^a   Kakarla, Udaya K ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric Pott disease; spine; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORAX; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA; WIRE FIXATION;

HUMANS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 79954995166     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318210c81b     Document Type: Article

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