Histological investigation of rabbit ligamentum flavum with special reference to differences in spinal levels

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-167

  Nihei, Aki ^a   Hagiwara, Kayo ^a   Kikuchi, Motoshi ^a   Yashiro, Takashi ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber; Elastic fiber; Electron microscopy; Ligamentum flavum; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; FUCHSINE; RESORCINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0141452111     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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