Calcium crystal deposition in the ligamentum flavum of the lumbar spine

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 641-647

  Furusawa, N ^a   Baba, H ^a   Maezawa, Y ^a   Uchida, K ^a   Wada, M ^a   Imura, S ^a   Fukuda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal; Immunohistochemistry; Ligamentum flavum; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELASTASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGENERATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030727868     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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