The posterior longitudinal ligament and peridural (epidural) membrane

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 487-492

  Loughenbury, Peter R ^a   Wadhwani, Sharan ^a   Soames, Roger W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Morphology; Morphometry; Peridural epidural membrane; Pesterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MEMBRANES; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 33750012283     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20200     Document Type: Article

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