The lumbar interspinous ligaments in humans: Anatomical study and review of the literature

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Scapinelli, Raffaele ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Pozzuoli, Assunta ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen fibres; Elastic fibres; Innervation; Interspinous ligaments; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FIBER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSPINOUS LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SKULL; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW LITERATURE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748751768     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094901     Document Type: Review

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