Unilateral ossification of the ligamentum flavum in the cervical spine with atypical radiological appearance

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 462-464

  Mizuno, Junichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Computed tomography; Ligamentum flavum; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036656447     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.1001     Document Type: Article

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