Pathomechanism of ligamentum flavum hypertrophy: A multidisciplinary investigation based on clinical, biomechanical, histologic, and biologic assessments

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2649-2656

  Sairyo, Koichi ^a,b   Biyani, Ashok ^a,b   Goel, Vijay ^a,b,c   Leaman, Douglas ^a   Booth Jr , Robert ^b   Thomas, Jean ^b   Gehling, Daniel ^a,b   Vishnubhotla, Sri Lakshmi ^a,b   Long, Rebecca ^a,b   Ebraheim, Nabil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Ligamentum flavum; MRI; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Spinal canal stenosis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM HYPERTROPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 28844508615     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000188117.77657.ee     Document Type: Article

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