Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: An update on its biology, epidemiology, and natural history

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1027-1038

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Guiot, Bernard H ^a   Sachs, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochemical; Genetic analysis; Histochemical; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Pathogenesis; Progression

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; NUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; BONE DISEASE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAPAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745093700     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000215867.87770.73     Document Type: Review

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