Cervical myelopathy in the Japanese

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 323, Issue , 1996, Pages 129-138

  Kokubun, Shoichi ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Ishii, Yushin ^b   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0030065082     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199602000-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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