Familial ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the thoracic spine: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 403-405

  Tanabe, Jody ^a,b   Sarin, H ^a   Kindt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial; MRI; Thoracic ossification posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSESTHESIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIBLING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; URINARY HESITANCY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036931533     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00927-8     Document Type: Article

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