Thoracic myelopathy in Japan: Epidemiological retrospective study in Miyagi Prefecture during 15 years

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-208

  Aizawa, Toshimi ^a,h   Sato, Tetsuro ^b   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^a   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Ishii, Yushin ^c   Morozumi, Naoki ^c   Ishibashi, Kentaro ^d   Kasama, Fumio ^e   Hyodo, Hironori ^b   Murakami, Eiichi ^f   Nishihira, Takeshi ^g   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine JCHOSendai Hospital   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

^d SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Japan Community Healthcare Organization Sendai Hospital   (Japan)

^g Japan   (Japan)

^h NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Ossification of the ligamentum flavum; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PARESTHESIA; REGISTER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOM; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33750698215     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.210.199     Document Type: Article

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