Roentgenological study of the sagittal diameter of the cervical spinal canal in normal adult Japanese

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Kadoya, Satoru ^a   Iizuka, Hideaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal canal; Developmental spinal canal stenosis; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Osteophytosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0031916178     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.83     Document Type: Article

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