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A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy

Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tub...

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Autores principales: Song, Doo Il, Sohn, Su Ye, Kim, Yun Kyung, Eun, So Hee, Rhie, Young Jun, Jang, Gi Young, Woo, Chan Wook, Choi, Byung Min, Lee, Jung Hwa, Je, Bo Kyung
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21189934
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657