Lumbar spinal stenosis by amyloid thickening of the ligamentum flavum;Canal lombaire etroit par amylose du ligament jaune

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Roche, P H ^a   Figarella Branger, D ^b   Malca, S ^a   Bouvier, C ^b   Soumare, O ^a   Pellet, W ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid deposits; Ligamentum flavum; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM AMYLOID P;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; RADICULAR PAIN; THICKNESS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; ELASTIC TISSUE; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0032774884     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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