Age-related morphologic changes of the central canal of the human spinal cord

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-259

  Yasui, Keizo ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Kameyama, Takashi ^c   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Histology; Spinal canal; Spinal cord; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0033021159     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050982     Document Type: Article

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