Thoracic spinal cord compression by ligamentum flavum ossifications

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-323

  Akhaddar, Ali ^a   Mansouri, Abdelaziz ^a   Zrara, Ibtissame ^a   Gazzaz, Miloudi ^a   Maftah, Mohamed ^a   Mostarchid, Brahim ^a   Benomar, Said ^a   Boucetta, Mohamed ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ligamentum flavum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification; Spinal cord compression; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035991174     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(02)00400-1     Document Type: Article

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