Efficacy of directly observed treatment short-course intermittent regimen in spinal tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-144

  Valsalan, Rejith ^a   Purushothaman, Rajesh ^a   Raveendran, M K ^a   Zacharia, Balaji ^a   Surendran, Sibin ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Directly observed treatment; short course chemotherapy; tuberculosis spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859044674     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.93673     Document Type: Article

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