Computer-assisted measurement of the size of ossification in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-456

  Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Kato, Yoshiharu ^b   Tsuzuki, Nobuyuki ^c   Nagata, Kensei ^d   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^e   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^f  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyama Koshi Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 26244446244     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-005-0925-5     Document Type: Article

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