Calcification of lumbar ligamentum flavum and facet joints capsule

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1730-1735

  Ruiz Santiago, Fernando ^a,b   Alcázar Romero, Pedro P ^a   López Machado, Elena ^a   García Espona, Miguel A ^a  

^a Department of Radiology Hospital of Traumatology   (Spain)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Ligaments, computed tomography; Spine, computed tomography; Spine, facet joints; Spine, ligamentum flavum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345451543     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708010-00008     Document Type: Article

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