Six cases of cervical ligamentum flavum calcification in blacks in the French West Indies

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 158-165

  Cabre, Philippe ^a   Pascal Moussellard, Hughes ^a   Kaidomar, Stéphane ^a   Bucki, Barbara ^b   Bardin, Thomas ^b   Smadja, Didier ^a   Arfi, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification ligamentum flavum; Cervical myelopathy; French West Indies

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOGOUT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035066439     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(00)00246-3     Document Type: Article

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