Bone mineral density in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Minimal decrease of bone mineral density with aging

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2388-2392

  Mamada, Toshikatsu ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a   Saita, Kazuo ^a   Kurokawa, Takahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging bone mineral density; Dual energy; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT;

EID: 0031427306     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199710150-00013     Document Type: Article

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