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SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA



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Abstract

1. In Nigeria, among the sites affected by tuberculosis of bones and joints there is especial frequency in the lumbo-thoracic junction from the tenth thoracic to the fourth lumbar vertebrae.

2. Outstanding in the pattern of the disease in adults is a tendency in certain patients to ossification of the spinal ligaments.

3. An ambulatory out-patient régime is described. So far it has promised well.

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