Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord in cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-40

  Nakamura, Masaya ^a,b   Fujimura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ogikubo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal cord trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031930351     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801010-00008     Document Type: Article

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