Bone and joint tuberculosis-Guidelines for management
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Bone and Joint Tuberculosis
3 Rady Children’s Hospital, UCSD, San Diego, CA Tuberculosis affects one third of the world’s population. While the disease may be adequately treated by chemotherapy, surgery plays an important role in the management of complications of the disease process. Tuberculosis is rare in the Western world, often leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Our goal is to review the diagnosis and man...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.36743